Even that off-and-on presence behind me was absent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dread Brass Shadows]

He has had an off-and-on girlfriend for three years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wednesday, Jun. 08, 2005 10:55 pm] Reference

Well, that balance was an off-and-on event in American history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Congress will investigate Bush’s secret] Reference

I'd seen him there off-and-on, and put a few dollars in his cup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wendy Block: Wiped? Back to Work] Reference

Despite the off-and-on nature of a romance that never take root.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alex Geana: Delving Into Fashion Week] Reference

We're supposed to get off-and-on rain for another two days or so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Continued drippy] Reference

Nathan has been getting security off-and-on since late last year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rudy's Web Bio Deep-Sixes Kids From Previous Marriage] Reference

That discriminating sensibility seems awfully off-and-on for you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama: "I'm Not Vetting My Pastor"] Reference

We loved each other madly and badly for about 3 years off-and-on.    From Wordnik.com.  [carry me back to old virginny] Reference

Even the off-and-on rain couldn't dampen the mood of Nittany Nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - College Football - Temple vs. Penn St.] Reference

Maintenance had basically been the three of us, and off-and-on trainees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Timegod's World]

I did data processing for political campaigns off-and-on for over 16 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fraud in Texas? "It looks like there was data entry error. You ended up being coded as BOTH a Hillary Clinton and a Barack Obama delegate."] Reference

I am a long time off-and-on F&S reader and just recently became a subscriber.    From Wordnik.com.  [How You Can Fight Global Warming] Reference

I've had the opportunity to work with Judy off-and-on for almost twenty years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judith Espinosa Opens Up in the Flying Star] Reference

He says that as an off-and-on dieter for years, he had never cracked 230 pounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Training the Brain] Reference

Bret Michaels is engaged to his off-and-on girlfriend of 16 years, according to Star.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bret Michaels Engaged To Kristi Lynn Gibson] Reference

Concurrently, off-and-on, he was Minister of Education and Minister of Commercial Transport.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capital Has No Nationality] Reference

As the night progresses, the entire area should get in on the off-and-on showers and storms.    From Wordnik.com.  [PM Update: Showers and storms again tonight] Reference

Thinking of his off-and-on flirtation with the bottle, I said, "You think it means anything?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Devil's Waltz]

Milady was terribly amused by the whole affair and we've talked about it off-and-on this evening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big Dog Gets Barked At] Reference

Standing off-and-on, as it were, bickering like blazes among themselves, and only uniting to land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893] Reference

But Super Bowl pregame shows, like pregame chips 'n' dip, are meant for hours of off-and-on grazing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fox's pregame a Super show of promotion] Reference

I've been an off-and-on contributor to the Scientiae carnival of female bloggers in the STEM fields.    From Wordnik.com.  [How We Are Hungry] Reference

There will be an off-and-on shuffling of pitching personnel as the club seeks stability through change.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facilities major factor in Indians upswing] Reference

One by one our servants deserted until there was only Trevor to prepare the meals with my off-and-on help.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seeds of Yesterday]

Interval sprays created by other hidden nozzles washed the steps, turning them into off-and-on waterfalls.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Waste Lands]

I started bleeding about seven weeks in, and this continued off-and-on until well into the second trimester.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fear And Hope And Love, Oh My] Reference

Our correspondent James Martone (ph) reports intense off-and-on air attacks near the northern city of Mosul.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2003] Reference

Moore toured with the band off-and-on in the '70s and played on their 1979 album "Black Rose: A Rock Legend.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Wale signs with Maybach Music Group; R.I.P. guitarist Gary Moore; LCD Soundsystem announces farewell show] Reference

Otherwise, he is an excellent writer, and I've been reading his columns off-and-on for the past four years or so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas in Malaysia] Reference

We had hopes of playing him for days, a running off-and-on battle - But Mark, you cannot, ill prepared as you are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Worlds To Conquer]

Between their off-and-on magics and some truly vile concoctions, even if it hurts, I tend not to care, if that makes sense.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exile's Honor]

I've been fighting off a sore throat these past few days of off-and-on rain and cold, and it seems the sore throat is winning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breakfast in Bed] Reference

Tibet has a long, complicated political history filled with off-and-on alliances with Mongolia, Nepal, India, Bhutan, and China.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rachel Dickinson: Tibet Before the Train (PHOTOS)] Reference

A new-tell all book here that Mackenzie says she and her father had an off-and-on adult relationship that lasted for more than 10 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2009] Reference