Example sentences of "[adv prt] and off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 arrested six of them all they found all bits and bobs off hundreds and hundreds and thousands of pounds worth of cars , and four wheel drives they specialise in and off to the continent with it .
2 The barrier at the main gate is already open and the two vehicles shoot through and off into the darkness .
3 It was 10.23 according to the Holiday Inn 's radio alarm clock , which flashed on and off on the bedside panel , redly .
4 ‘ I 've seen him on and off over the years . ’
5 I turn back and carry on looking in the window , but it 's hard to concentrate with this blue light flashing on and off in the glass .
6 Cell proliferation is constantly being turned on and off in the target organs .
7 And , backing this melodic chorus , we were aware of another noise — as we had been on and off throughout the day — the all-pervasive hum of the power station transformers .
8 He liked to do things spontaneously , be up and off on the spur of the moment .
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