Sentence examples for parachute off from inspiring English sources
He stood by the base-jumper who tried to parachute off the Empire State Building.
Mr. Heller previously represented David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer, and Jeb Corliss, who was arrested in 2006 for trying to parachute off the Empire State Building.
Wearing a disguise to elude guards, a California man tried to parachute off the Empire State Building yesterday, before police and security officers stopped him, the police said.
A policeman at the site told Agence France Presse the three men could possibly have been extreme sportsmen attempting to parachute off the structure without permission, but that they had to be vigilant.
In one video, two skiers parachute off a cliff at Crystal Mountain in Washington.
After taking in the view – and that mysterious mural – it's no bother at all to just parachute off the top, jack a car somewhere south of the Alamo Sea, and drive home for bedtime.
He parachuted off the Empire State Building with an umbrella and hurt his back.
Spielberg conjures a scene in which the hero falls asleep on an airplane, only to wake up and discover that the other passengers have parachuted off, and the plane is in free fall.
From the tale of a so-called Human Fly -- a Norwegian who parachuted off the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center in 1998 and 1999, eluding the best efforts of the police to stop him -- to the hopeful and haunting voices of Ellis Island immigrants, the guides mix history and politics, culture and humor.
Greenpeace supporters, acting as "environmental commandos," chained themselves to cargoes of nuclear waste, sailed between Japanese and Soviet whaling ships and their prey, parachuted off smoky factory chimneys and dove into oceans, lakes and rivers to block underwater chemical discharge pipes.
The game still oozes violence, and you still confront adult subject matter (best not to play the game with children about), but the mere fact that you conclude a mission by parachuting off one of Liberty City's skyscrapers speaks volumes.
