Example sentences of "[noun pl] taking off " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've just seen all these Chinooks taking off . |
| 2 | Motorbikes taking off with ear-shattering roar . |
| 3 | You could spot where it had just been by aeroplanes and helicopters taking off in a hurry . |
| 4 | It is a long flight from the early days when pilots taking off from Cricklewood in North London looked out of the cockpit and saw the number sixteen bus overtaking them . |
| 5 | Tabby began purring which sounded , to the miniature Mildred , like a squadron of aeroplanes taking off . |
| 6 | Varig offers day and night flights taking off every week from 12 cities in 9 different countries . |
| 7 | Every day there 've been two to three flights taking off from Zagreb and flying across disputed territory to Sarajevo . |
| 8 | On the new album , Bring it on Home to Me stands out : mean Tyneside vocals and Irish pipes gloriously underpin the moody soul structures of Sam Cooke 's classic , the pipes taking off at one point as if on a Claptonesque guitar solo . |