Example sentences of "and off [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four steps backwards — another curtsey and off to the other side where officials put the medal in a box and took back the hook ! |
| 2 | With precise control both units can be set to operate on and off at the same setting with consequent better heat distribution . |
| 3 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
| 4 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
| 5 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |
| 6 | Firstly , I have been buying this magazine on and off since the first time that Elite ( by Firebird ) was reviewed . |
| 7 | USL chairman , AT&T executive Bob Kavner , says he talked with Ray Noorda on and off over the last year about acquiring USL . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | She switches them on and off like the electric light . ’ |