Example sentences of "[noun sg] off [art] " in BNC.

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1 In fantasy land if we ever have to replace our systems we can of course simple switch off the old one and switch on the new one .
2 Killion saw the SE5a topple and fall over , but he was too busy fighting off the circling scouts to see if Dangerfield crashed .
3 The sit-ups start with the back off the board , and end before the upper body reaches the vertical position .
4 His oarsmen held his great galley back off the beach , ready to leave again at a word as Eachuinn Odhar leaped thigh-deep to surge ashore , energetic and agile almost as in his youth , and much more dangerous .
5 ‘ When she does her buttock squeezes she lifts the whole of her back off the floor , but the back should remain flat on the floor .
6 Science was a method for prising the back off the watch with the aid of mathematics .
7 Bob , the LAC electrician who was trying to get the show off the ground admitted that his main ambition after the war was to be the conductor of a classical orchestra .
8 Good table linen is also essential-to show off the food and add to the atmosphere .
9 why do n't you just co-operate ? so we can get the show off the ground
10 In none of the three alternative situations described above does switching off the ventilator have any significance , of itself , from a medical-legal point of view .
11 And as good as a complete set off the vice — the metal had the thinnest possible film of oil .
12 That 's why it 's important to have time off every so often so we can get away from each other for a short while . ’
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