Sentence examples for off the platoon from inspiring English sources

I never really cared for him much, and he started in on Shep, and that set off the platoon sergeant.

The rest of the platoon followed through the gate.

"I wanted to get out of the platoon," he stated.

What would happen if a police officer tipped off insurgent fighters to the platoon's movements?

"But I want him to finish with the witness statements before we discuss that touchy subject". Before he could do that, a report of an explosion came in over the radio, and the platoon was off again.

Ask Mr. Stone and he'll tally off "The Doors," "Talk Radio," "Platoon" and "Salvador" -- works lost to either poor preservation or to bankruptcy proceedings, where creditors are given license to dispose of a studio's libraries by selling the films or even junking them.

Using a list of HVTs (high-value targets) provided by the Americans, the platoon is setting off to find and detain the listed individuals.

Helpless and isolated, the platoon members are picked off one by one until in the end only Taylor is left, valiantly firing at the enveloping hordes like Disney's version of Davy Crockett on the Alamo walls.

It turns out that the platoon had not fended off the communist attack.

As soon as 1st Platoon set off, the insurgents struck with a devastating L-shaped ambush.

The base had come under attack from insurgents and the platoon based there were busy fighting them off when air support was called in, Coroner Derek Winter said.