Example sentences of "[adv prt] and off [prep] the " 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	The lights flickered on and off for the last dance .
4	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 .
5	He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks .
6	It was 10.23 according to the Holiday Inn 's radio alarm clock , which flashed on and off on the bedside panel , redly .
7	With precise control both units can be set to operate on and off at the same setting with consequent better heat distribution .
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	‘ I 've seen him on and off over the years . ’
10	That misconception had continued on and off over the following six or seven years .
11	A particular variant of special deposits , used on and off during the 1970s , was supplementary special deposits ( ‘ the corset ’ ) .
12	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 .
13	Cell proliferation is constantly being turned on and off in the target organs .
14	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 .
15	She switches them on and off like the electric light . ’
16	He liked to do things spontaneously , be up and off on the spur of the moment .

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