1.   He said law enforcement authorities had closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.

2.   I shall leave them inert, even if that closes off the currents of the future.

3.   Most of the building is closed off, under repair, with ropes cordoning off huge sections.

4.   Obon is for closing off unfinished business, for restoring bonds, for healing and remembering.

5.   Some parts of the house had been closed off, for economic reasons, she was told.

6.   The authorities closed off a five-mile area around the crash site.

7.   The roads into the docks were closed off by iron gates.

8.   Then I closed off my Albany life with four phone calls and caught the ten thirty train to New York.

9.   While the woods have been closed off, all but the most used paths have healed over.

10.   Within a dozen yards, I came to a set of iron gates closing off the steps east of the high altar.