Example sentences of "and off [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At home , people want to dim lights or to switch them on and off during long holidays . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Jazzbeaux had been wearing them on and off for two days . |
| 8 | We were lovers on and off for three years . |
| 9 | She lived here on and off for three years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | These devices can be set by you to switch lights on and off for determined periods while you are away from home . |
| 13 | A 30 year old woman presented with asthma which she had on and off for 3 years . |
| 14 | ‘ Having studied these on and off for some days , what is your opinion ? ’ |
| 15 | The lane led to the village one way , and off towards distant farms the other . |
| 16 | ‘ Everything was on and off in those days . |