11. Police and military were cordoning off the area. 12. Police avoided a potential catastrophe by cordoning off entrances to the garage before the blast. 13. Authorities avoided a potential catastrophe by cordoning off entrances to the garage before the blast. 14. Security is high for the occasion and police were cordoning off more than 40 streets. 15. Cordoning off the material worked in pleonasm.16. That explains scary-looking Secret Service types standing menacingly on corner, cordoning off street. 17. Police were cordoning off the area and evacuating people from nearby buildings, Metropolitan Police said. 18. They were great at controlling crowds and cordoning off areas; they did all the right things. 19. Some wiped away tears, others laid bouquets of flowers on the gates cordoning off the site. 20. Paramilitary forces detained six people for questioning after cordoning off the Budshah Chowk area for three hours.