Example sentences of "taking off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motorbikes taking off with ear-shattering roar . |
| 2 | A pilot taking off in rain on a winch or car launch is at risk with any type of glider unless the launch is faster than normal . |
| 3 | Although it is vital not to get too high , there is no advantage trying to fly very close to the ground , except perhaps when taking off from a very short field . |
| 4 | If the glider gets wet before taking off for a high climb , the airbrakes may freeze up and become unusable . |
| 5 | Cameron was taking off his head-band and shaking out his hair . |
| 6 | The system I would like to see is solicitors being given the job of approving up to £500 of legal aid work , with spot checks on quality , taking off any who are found to have abused it . ’ |
| 7 | The gentlemen of the Pearl are taking off their jackets to fight the bid so the British insurer 's shareholders are in for an unpredictable time . |
| 8 | But because they have to leave by 10pm , all they have time for are the basic tasks , such as cooking dinner , feeding Elaine , taking off her make-up and getting her ready for bed . |
| 9 | The domestic Burmese flight was hijacked shortly after taking off from Mergui in southern Burma , bound for Rangoon . |
| 10 | It was atypical of most provincial towns in that it had been a thriving industrial centre for some time , and was taking off again after the disruption caused by the Civil War . |
| 11 | It was dark , and all the fiddly jobs like clipping in the dogs or tying kit on to the sledges meant taking off gloves . |
| 12 | The acceleration is sensational and very similar to taking off in a piston-engined aircraft with open cockpit . |
| 13 | At first I got a bit embarrassed — you know , about taking off my clothes and that , but now it 's OK . |
| 14 | And now — ’ she made a typical high-jumpers ' gesture , that which marks them out from all other athletes , raising her arms and stretching her torso , as if taking off to challenge that dappled crossbar . |
| 15 | The sense of disappointment that hangs over the rest of his career reflects the loss of nerve that came from finding that , at the moment when his career seemed to be taking off , there were no opportunities to build on what he had achieved . |
| 16 | Nick Simmons … taking off with the AA |
| 17 | Men courted her constantly , taking off their riding wigs just short of the lime avenue and putting on their grand ceremonial perukes which their servants carried in bandboxes on the pommel of their saddles , ‘ duly prepared for an attack on the heart of the young heiress ’ . |
| 18 | So , no sooner did the record go into the charts and we were going ‘ yeah , this is it — hooray — we 're taking off ’ , they dropped the record and we had to wait for the guys to come back to earth . |
| 19 | Some stories tell of botos coming up underneath canoes and taking off with the paddles , leaving a lone canoeist adrift on the river , while at other times the dolphin is said to have saved the lives of people from a capsized boat . |
| 20 | Economists talk about the ‘ non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment ’ ( NAIRU ) — or , in simple English , the unemployment rate which stops inflation taking off . |
| 21 | What a queer thing , Uncle Walter phoning like that out of the blue , ’ she said , taking off her coat . |
| 22 | In the foreground another smaller flock was taking off from the little lake on the south side . |
| 23 | Let's have a sit down , ’ Otley suggested taking off his camouflage jacket and spreading it out on the grass . |
| 24 | I was shouting and screaming for help and at the same time taking off my coat and wellingtons , preparing to jump in after her . |
| 25 | Later , Broderick admits that he was drawing on his own feelings about the death of his actor seven years ago , just as his career was taking off ( ‘ He watched everything I did , he was my big influence , and when I finally started to get work , he never got to see it ’ ) . |
| 26 | She could describe weather conditions so realistically as to make her audience shiver or sweat , and children would find themselves taking off and putting on a garment in mid-tale . |
| 27 | Carter praises her for transcending the naturalistic , however — for taking off from it and creating something original . |
| 28 | Morrissey is always taking off his shirt but he is also proudly and publicly chaste . |
| 29 | On the new album , Bring it on Home to Me stands out : mean Tyneside vocals and Irish pipes gloriously underpin the moody soul structures of Sam Cooke 's classic , the pipes taking off at one point as if on a Claptonesque guitar solo . |
| 30 | ‘ Hull-aw … what 's up ? ’ said Tam , taking off his cap and scratching the back of his head . |