1.   A large delivery van was almost blocking the narrow street, its high sides nearly shutting off the daylight from her windows.

2.   But the idea was rejected, because it would have shut off supplies to the refugees.

3.   Derek and I drove down there and shut off the whole barn, preventing all means of getting in or out.

4.   I can shut off all the power in the building at the flick of a switch.

5.   The computer automatically shuts off the pump when no water is flowing.

6.   The effect was to shut off the detours and bring the entire city to a halt.

7.   The layer contains enough dust to shut off sunlight from the surface of the planet for several months to a year.

8.   The story tells that when Jack awakes, his room is partly dark, the beanstalk shutting off the light.

9.   The time dilemma, this sense of always feeling rushed, can not be solved just by shutting off the television.

10.   Then, together, the proteins travel back into the nucleus and shut off the very machinery necessary for making more protein.