Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] off [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages .
2 Despite all the money the Politicals had been siphoning off for years , a very sore point with the rest of us , they claimed to have no material on the terrorists beyond a few isolated descriptions and photographs .
3 He climbed them sadly until finally he reached a low corridor , which many years ago had been decorated in dark brown : the paint had been flaking off for years .
4 After a job which had taken up all of her energies , Elaine did n't realise how long she would need to do all the jobs she had been putting off for years .
5 The reader 's time and money would be better spent reading that classic novel you have been putting off for years .
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