Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] be [v-ing] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition Members are cutting off their noses to spite their own faces by encouraging Mr. Millan to withhold our money . |
| 2 | JOHN ALDRIDGE is hoping his Echo-sponsored shooting boots are falling off his feet by the end of the season . |
| 3 | And they say a special operation called Gemini which puts extra officers on the street to catch the burglars and car thieves is paying off . |
| 4 | The sun rays are shooting off into space you know that light travels in straight lines , yes ? |
| 5 | Doing it for real : forget well-toned bodies and cute faces , America 's home porn addicts are getting off on sex between Mr and Mrs Average ( and we mean average ) |
| 6 | Performance Technologies was showing off a new system last week targeted at OEMs and integrators active in the real-time and embedded markets . |
| 7 | Reagan was ecstatic and Weir was paraded before the media at the White House to demonstrate how the president 's firm Middle East policies were paying off . |
| 8 | CULT T-shirts are taking off all over Merseyside . |
| 9 | Many County Councils are selling off their statutory smallholdings ; on the rest the rents are so high that the tenants are forced into intensive husbandry . |
| 10 | SUPERMARKET chains are ripping off customers by packaging joints of beef with extra fat . |
| 11 | Well no-one ever knew that the fire alarms were going off . |