Sentence examples for off the lock from inspiring English sources
They just smash the chain off the lock and march in".
We did not let them in, but they broke in by cutting off the lock.
When everyone is assembled in front of a defaulted unit, he takes off the lock.
A moment later, somewhere far off, the lock of the front door clinked, then steps rustled along the hall.
For two hours the center of Washington was closed off as a police bomb squad examined the van, first breaking off the lock and then spraying water from a cannon onto a suitcase and a briefcase inside.
Willie le Roux had done well to take a mark but his clearance was run back by Nehe Milner-Skudder, and at length McCaw gave a lobbed pass over an opponent's head for Kaino to shrug off the lock Lood de Jager and score at the right-hand corner.
James tries to cut off the locks to remove the vest, but there are too many to undo in the time available before the bomb will detonate.
Although his prescription vials, socks and eyeglasses were taken off the block, a lock of his hair was not.
Indeed, Juandre Kruger almost made it over the Scottish try line after running on to Steyn's almighty kick-off, the lock forward running the ball into touch.
He tried to explain that the bike was his and that his key had broken off in the lock.
"Broke the key off in the lock," someone said, and he was right–I could see the little sliver of metal jutting out of the keyhole, its jagged edge gleaming in the fluorescents of the lobby.
