Example sentences of "[adv prt] and off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
| 2 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
| 3 | Speaking last night from the motel in Kelowna , 400 miles north of Vancouver , where she has lived on and off for the last three years , Mrs Allan said : ‘ I am not coming home until I have got my child . |
| 4 | With precise control both units can be set to operate on and off at the same setting with consequent better heat distribution . |
| 5 | That misconception had continued on and off over the following six or seven years . |
| 6 | A niggling hip injury , which has troubled him on and off over the past year and hampered his preparation , was closer to the root of his troubles than any age-related downswing . |
| 7 | A particular variant of special deposits , used on and off during the 1970s , was supplementary special deposits ( ‘ the corset ’ ) . |
| 8 | She switches them on and off like the electric light . ’ |