Sentence examples for off the crossing from inspiring English sources

Several attempts to cross the river by boats only managed to establish some isolated bridgeheads, and at 10 15, the Light Division was given permission to break off the crossing at this point and ordered to shift its axis of attack by reinforcing the Dutch troops on the Island of Dordrecht, where it arrived that night.

Rogozin, a former ambassador to Nato, replied: "Either take off the cross or put on [under]pants".

Then he leapt off the cross to "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and squirted holy water at his fellow students from a water pistol.

Grub screws love to jump down plugholes, so put the plug in, then take off the cross-top and unscrew the bell-shaped cover.

A few years back, while traveling through the city, he pulled off the Cross Bronx Expressway and stopped in for a Big Mac at the McDonald 's onTremont Avenue.

Adding to its allure was the boast that a group of local lifeguards regularly leapt off the Cross Bay (among other bridges) for fun.

His was an undignified send-off, the defender failing to cut off the cross that led to the goal and slashing wildly like a batsman playing down the wrong line.

Since the 1993 publication of Along Came a Spider, which kicked off the Cross series, he's had 14 bestsellers.

At the prosecutor's table, they believed this a ruse to throw off the cross-examination.

Its greatest art treasure is the Pieta, the sculpture by Michelangelo of the Virgin Mary holding the dead Jesus after he was taken off the cross.

René Redzepi kicked off the cross-continent book tour for his newly published "A Work in Progress" in New York last week, hitting Washington, D.C.; Toronto Chicago Seattle San Franciscosco; and finally Los Angeles.