Example sentences of "have been put off for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt sad about this as I have several friends from my Salford days in Hong Kong , but I understand a decision to carry out this action has been put off for some time , so perhaps it was a regrettable necessity . |
| 2 | Finished , the job that he 'd been putting off for most of the day . |
| 3 | In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . |
| 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 | It was a decision that she knew she had been putting off for far too long . |
| 6 | Mr O'Malley said a decision had been put off for 48 hours to permit a special investigation of Mr Reynolds ' allegation by Irish High Court president Mr Justice Liam Hamilton . |
| 7 | The reader 's time and money would be better spent reading that classic novel you have been putting off for years . |
| 8 | But he has been right in saying that urgent measures have been put off for too long . |