"Some owners go so far as to remove a porch on an existing house in order to portion off the land," she said.

The closing is said to have the same impact as removing 30,000 cars off the road every day.

West removed the lid off her coffee, and steam wafted up.

The salvage attempt was not to involve removing any of the fuel or oil off the vessel.

You removed the majority of the papers off my desk and saw to those matters yourself.

The Bush team helped remove the lids off both these pots.

With the tool it required but an instant to remove the two hands of the clock and jerk off the face.

She broke it in two, then removed half from the paper and bit off the end.

Richard was about to follow when the man removed his hat, brushing snow off the crown.

Several volunteers helped remove trees and debris off roads to make way for aid.