Example sentences of "[conj] off [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most rocker switches are wired for one-way operation — that is , the light is turned on and off from just the one position ; but most are capable of two-way operation , where the light is turned on or off from two places — in a through room , in a bedroom , or top and bottom of the stairs , for instance . |
| 2 | ‘ The location should be well-placed with respect to the population , rather than off in deep countryside . |
| 3 | At home , people want to dim lights or to switch them on and off during long holidays . |
| 4 | Binoculars revealed a low quay against the dark sand , and off to one side figures standing about on a bare slope with piles of baggage . |
| 5 | Recall that at the beginning of this piece I briefly discussed what the representational theory of the mind has got right : that thoughts are not simple responses , reactions or reverberations to environmental stimulation — contrasting this with the case of the thermostat which automatically switches on and off at pre-set temperatures . |
| 6 | This means that while you are out for the evening , anyone who may be watching the house will be unsure as to whether you are at home or not , because various lights will go on and off at different times . |
| 7 | No more will they curse the need to haul luggage and children onto the London Underground and off at another station to catch their next train . |
| 8 | The chair has to come to rest at the bottom of the stairs and you need room to get on and off at both ends . |
| 9 | Particular genes can be switched on and off at particular times because the bottleneck/growth-cycle calendar ensures that there is such a thing as a particular time . |
| 10 | In ‘ random mode ’ , the time controller will switch an appliance on and off at random intervals during the four ON periods already set for the programme mode . |
| 11 | ‘ Thursday : More ‘ set discussions ’ ; I 'm dragging a chair on and off for each sketch : ‘ Re:Pickfords ’ , I mentally mutter . |
| 12 | Jazzbeaux had been wearing them on and off for two days . |
| 13 | We were lovers on and off for three years . |
| 14 | She lived here on and off for three years . |
| 15 | What was attractive about the American consortium approach — and I must emphasise that it was never a take-over bid , Sikorsky 's stake is only eight per cent — was firstly , we had worked with Sikorsky on and off for forty years . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | These devices can be set by you to switch lights on and off for determined periods while you are away from home . |
| 18 | A 30 year old woman presented with asthma which she had on and off for 3 years . |
| 19 | ‘ Having studied these on and off for some days , what is your opinion ? ’ |
| 20 | The lane led to the village one way , and off towards distant farms the other . |
| 21 | He could switch it on and off like central heating . |
| 22 | In both methods the light source is either varied in intensity , as an analogue of the signal , or switched on and off in digital code . |
| 23 | ‘ Everything was on and off in those days . |
| 24 | It has to be remembered that the centre of mass of the club head does not lie on the shaft but off to one side ( except of course in the very special case of certain putters ) . |