Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | at Max and Jamie 's party they were getting off with each other |
| 2 | We were puttering up river late in the afternoon and the sun was beginning to go down over these huge trees and a flight of big birds , herons or something , were taking off like pink seaplanes as someone said and the second assistant suddenly stood up and yelled out This is paradise , this is fucking paradise . |
| 3 | The professionals who had survived the cut were teeing off from 8 till 11 . |
| 4 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 5 | ‘ She was going off for short stays at the Home , and then every weekend to give me a break . |
| 6 | The windows were all shuttered and what paint was left was peeling off in huge flakes . |