Sentence examples for off the villages from inspiring English sources

The initial plan was to attack from the south in the hope of avoiding Japanese search aircraft, but this was changed on 8 March when word was received that Rabaul harbor was empty as the Japanese had invaded Papua New Guinea and all the shipping was anchored off the villages of Lae and Salamaua.

The regime's forces have been steadily picking off some of the villages around Homs.

Now an influx of new wealth has polished off some of the village's roughness.

In the course of the next five years, he documents the villagers' determined nonviolent protest against a planned separation war, which will cut off the village off from its olive trees.

Colpeper's house can be found off the village green in Wickambreaux.

In winter, thick snows can cut off the village for two weeks at a time.

To head off the village, the trustees abolished all nonresident permits in the town this year, including vehicle beach access permits.

Mr. Bortnikov said eight fighters were killed and 10 were detained during the federal raid, which sealed off the village of 25,000 before dawn on Tuesday.

With that movement, I set off the village canine alarm system: dogs began to growl and bark, curtains parted and shadows peered out.

In south-east Cornwall, two landslides have cut off the village of Hannafore, near Looe.

But it sometimes happens that I cannot easily shake off the village.