Example sentences of "and off for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Its light flickered on and off for a moment , as if it was making itself comfortable in a mechanical kind of way . |
2 | TALKS ‘ ON AND OFF FOR A YEAR ’ , SAYS KAVNER |
3 | A separate report indicated that Iran may have been working on the development of such a weapon on and off for a good decade . |
4 | ‘ The Secret Police looked for me just the day after I left and they kept looking for me on and off for a year . |
5 | The lights flickered on and off for the last dance . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | He 'd had them on and off for the past couple of weeks . |
8 | Nor does it rely principally on my experience in classrooms , though I have been , briefly , a secondary schoolteacher and have been visiting schools and working with young people in a variety of ways on and off for the last sixteen years . |
9 | I was worried sick when I saw it , and I 've been ringing your number on and off for the past hour . |