Sentence examples for off the pile from inspiring English sources
"We just got off the pile," Officer Smaldon said.
"Every single one of you, before you get off the pile, affect the head.
Jackson watched dust rise off the pile of rubble that used to be her workplace.
He also said: "Every single one of you, before you get off the pile, affect the head.
There is nothing like picking up the next puzzle off the pile (which is about three feet high at this point) and seeing a Quarfoot byline.
("Every single one of you, before you get off the pile, affect the head. Early. Affect the head. Continue, touch and hit the head").
Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, who in his seven years in office has rarely commented on the Council's budget plan, started off the pile-on yesterday, saying the 2002 fiscal year proposal that Mr. Vallone unveiled on Wednesday was "egregious".
PORTLAND, Ore .— The docks are humming again at this sprawling Pacific port, with clouds of golden dust billowing off the piles of grain spilling into the bellies of giant tankers.
As for general neatness of the sort that leads to respectable housekeeping, I will say only that once, in the office, after desperately searching various nooks and crannies for what smelled like a dead mouse, I gave up and decided to clean off the piles of paper on my desk.
The Reds lifted themselves off the bottom of the pile courtesy of a second minute Pablo Sanchez strike which, in turn, consigned the Glory into last place – albeit with a game in hand.
New Zealand, the most economical side with the new ball, restrict their opponents to 18. England are grateful for the presence of Pakistan and South Africa from keeping them off the bottom of the pile.
