Sentence examples for off cannons from inspiring English sources

On Rodeo Drive you could shoot off cannons at 6 o'clock and you wouldn't hurt anybody.

For Tristram and his uncle Toby, setting off cannons and smoking a hookah were adored hobbies; to author Laurence Sterne they were parodies of the upper class.

http://blip.tv/play/ih_T1QuJ5FQ Japanese electronics company Elekit is selling a model tank that is operated via a wireless remote control and fires off infrared "cannons".

"It's like shooting off a cannon".

One plate shows a Spanish woman letting off a cannon against the French at Saragossa.

The Marines fire off a cannon to emphasize the scoring by the professional foot teams that play there.

The Marines fire off a cannon to emphasize the scoring by the professional football teams that play there.

"There was a time you could set off a cannon on a weekend and not hit anybody," he said.

To announce the boat's approach, the town would "shoot off a cannon three times — bang, bang, bang".

(Legend has it that every time Washington drank a toast the city fired off a cannon outside, so that the citizenry could drink with him).

It's understated only in the sense that she didn't get someone in to let off a cannon like in the 1812 Overture.