Example sentences of "been [v-ing] off for " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 I ca n't believe it , I 've been slagging off for the three weeks this is crap , this is really naff .
3 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 .
4 In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages .
5 Finished , the job that he 'd been putting off for most of the day .
6 It was a decision that she knew she had been putting off for far too long .
7 The reader 's time and money would be better spent reading that classic novel you have been putting off for years .
8 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 .
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