He said they had "seized the initiative" off the BBC.

He started to leave, but she seized the edge off his tunic.

She seizes items off the table in a blur of activity.

So now we seize people off the street for minor infringements and give them terms of limited enslavement.

He spun quickly and seized his sword from off the bench at the foot of his cot.

It gave Michael great satisfaction to seize his ancient foe and jerk him off the ground.

Police and sometimes troops were used to seize cattle off farmers who would or could not pay.

Parallel to the invasion, several commando units would seize the islands off the coast.

Two years ago, before Nafta, Customs seized four tons of cocaine off trucks; last year it was down to less than a ton.

The navy seized the vessel in international waters off the northern Israeli town of Haifa.