Example sentences of "off [prep] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worst hit were the Devon seaside towns of Sidmouth and Exmouth , which were cut off for several hours on Wednesday . |
| 2 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 3 | The centre of Milton Keynes was sealed off for several hours after a coded telephone message warned of a bomb in the town 's main shopping centre . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , some 300 potato farmers dumped 3,000 tons of potatoes on roads to the north western town of Pontivy , cutting it off for several hours . |
| 5 | Concerned about the increasing number of complaints from neighbours of alarms sounding off for several hours the council has pledged to help end the menace . |
| 6 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 7 | She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training . |
| 8 | But , apart from a winter break , whatever is planned around the 23rd relates to one specific plan or association which has been on and off for several months and is now back on again . |
| 9 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 10 | Toilet lanolin , obtainable from any chemist , with its base of an oily substance extracted from wool , is an adequate curative , rubbed well into the leather and polished off after several days . |
| 11 | Newcastle upon Tyne , a city of 273 000 people and regional capital of the north east , starts off with several advantages for community care . |
| 12 | They broke into the house in Scotto Crescent through the patio doors and made off with several ornaments . |
| 13 | Our first evening out in France had gone off with several bangs and broken glass . |
| 14 | It is , perhaps inevitably , some way from the limb-flinging Jackson performances of old , during which , twisting into the microphone , Jackson 's body would appear to be making off in several directions at once . |
| 15 | The club were served with the winding-up order on Saturday despite an offer to pay the debts off in several payments . |
| 16 | BNP , which is probably worth FFr40 billion-45 billion , is likely to be auctioned off in several tranches . |
| 17 | He has attempted to come off on several occasions and at the time of interview was undergoing methadone withdrawal and has been heroin-free for two months . ‘ |
| 18 | Glastonbury was certainly upset , although that did n't stop him nodding off on several occasions ; Fagg was enraged — the term ‘ bloody fellow ’ came up frequently ; Fishbane was considered ; the Commander spluttered a lot and Chatterton said very little except to draw on his memory of some committee problem that had arisen in 1964 . |