Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His Teflon-coating has been peeling off in the heat of the election campaign . |
| 2 | Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive Scott McNealy is never at a loss for something to say , and has been sounding off about some of the current bees in his bonnet . |
| 3 | ALASTAIR McHARG , the celebrated Scotland lock , capped 44 times from 1968 to 1979 , has been sounding off in all directions over the small number of his London Scots chosen for the coming Scottish tour of Australia . |
| 4 | There crawled into my mind one nasty little question that I 'd been fighting off till now . |
| 5 | Finished , the job that he 'd been putting off for most of the day . |
| 6 | In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The last time he had seen him the Trollslayer had been wandering off to booze with his fellow outcast Dwarfs . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was a decision that she knew she had been putting off for far too long . |
| 12 | I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff . |
| 13 | Mind you the best ones would be by er those ones they 've been selling off to the highest offer . |
| 14 | If you have been holding off before making changes , now is the time for making some new beginnings . |
| 15 | The reader 's time and money would be better spent reading that classic novel you have been putting off for years . |
| 16 | HE 'S been running off with the toilet rolls — and viewers ' affections — for 21 years . |