1. This machine is out of action.

2. He is out of action following an ankle injury.

3. A fire has put the factory out of action.

4. The photocopier is out of action again.

5. The photocopier is out of action today.

6. I'm afraid the TV's out of action.

7. I'm out of action with a sore back.

8. He's been out of action for 16 months with a serious knee injury.

9. The lift started off, juddered, and went out of action.

10. Jackson's torn ligaments will keep him out of action for the rest of the season.

11. The enemy guns put many of our tanks out of action.

12. Jon is out of action for weeks with a broken leg.

13. This new injury will put him out of action for several weeks.

14. The injury will keep him out of action for a month.

15. A knee injury put him out of action for three months.

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16. Huge sections of the rail network are out of action.

17. The goalkeeper is still out of action with a knee strain.

18. The injury to her back will put her out of action for several weeks.

19. Girardo was out of action with various injuries for most of last season.

20. One elephant put an electric fence out of action by dropping an uprooted tree on it.

21. They'd been out of action because the church's spire was too weak to support them.

22. Allen Webb, the jump jockey, will be out of action for a week after injuring his neck while riding out.

23. But remember that with one eye out of action, your stereoscopic vision is disabled and that means poor range perception.

24. These were strategic points: a bombed bridge could put the line out of action for as long as a year.

25. They require a lot of maintenance and some may be out of action for up to a day a week on a regular basis.

26. This actually allows the lift maintenance monitoring organisations to know that the lift is out of action before you do.

27. She sustained a mild concussion in the game against the Xplosion, and was held out of action.

28. I dropped my M 16 into the mud and was out of action for a few minutes.

29. Her fingers still clung to the spokes, keeping one wheel out of action.

30. A few moments later the two photographers came sheepishly to tell me that the video camera was out of action.

31. The young man's car, a Jensen Interceptor was out of action at the relevant time.

32. The lava had already damaged a tourist complex and put a cable car out of action.

33. A page of Herodotus would have been sufficient to put a battalion of biblical scholars out of action.

34. But their joy could be dimmed by an injury that may keep inspiring skipper Seamus Heath out of action for two weeks.

35. The engine of the car is out of action.

36. The enemy's machine gun was put out of action.

37. A short circuit put the machine out of action.

38. Three of the raiders were already out of action.

39. After a bad fall she was out of action for a month.

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41. Cole is out of action until the new year a stress fracture in his foot.

42. The Romanian - man has been out of action since injuring his elbow.

43. They were trapped after the lifts went out of action.

44. Forbes will periodically review the list to determine whether a replacement is warranted and will scratch off those fugitives who are put out of action.

45. After a bad fall I was out of action for a month.

46. Health facilities should be the focus for assistance when disaster strikes but, if they are damaged or put out of action, the sick and injured have nowhere to get help.

47. After a bad fall I was out of action a month.

48. Can I borrow your bike Mine is out of action!

49. The Xinhua News Agency said five power stations were put out of action and six transformer substations were shut down in Sichuan.

50. Accurate gunnery had already put three of the leading tanks out of action.

51. This delusory vision kept him out of action at Midway.

52. I've been out of action for several weeks with a broken leg.

53. They put more than 5000 enemy troops out of action.