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  • After waiting half an hour and attempting to call her switched-off phone ten times, I concluded she wasn't coming back.

    Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup – part 23 2011

  • After waiting half an hour and attempting to call her switched-off phone ten times, I concluded she wasn't coming back.

    Digital economy or bust: the story of a new media startup – part 23 2011

  • Shoving her hands into the pockets of her robe, Kallie studied the man who had organized magicians, conjurers, and rootworkers into a connected fraternity guided by laws established to keep magic practitioners safe and secret and the switched-off safe, secure, and unaware.

    Black Dust Mambo Adrian Phoenix 2010

  • Each room was small and intimate, the whitewashed wood panels broken only by periodic prints, on display in simple, understated black frames, a switched-off spotlight aimed at each.

    The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007

  • That's exactly what the _official_ France Telecom phonebot says when you're trying to reach a switched-off portable.

    Like taking your yearbook picture with spinach in your teeth 2005

  • Davlo Lentrall sat in his office chair, still as a switched-off robot, trying to work up the nerve to move.

    Roger MacBride Allen, Roger MacBride 1996

  • The grinding machine is clean and without current (the mains are switched-off).

    5. The Technological Processes of Grinding Johannes Schollbach 1993

  • This second time I felt completely bored and switched-off, and simply sat enjoying the sight of Mrs Cook as she bent forward to pick up the various beakers.

    The Girl In A Swing Adams, Richard, 1920- 1980

  • He studied the switched-off lightsaber in his fist.

    Splinter Of The Mind's Eye Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1978

  • He studied the switched-off lightsaber in his fist.

    Splinter Of The Mind's Eye Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1978

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