Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] off [art] bottom " in BNC.
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| 1 | This win over their local rivals now means Rovers ' record under Big Mal 's vibrant leadership is one defeat followed by a run of one draw and three victories which have lifted them off the bottom of the table . |
| 2 | Rovers have lifted themselves off the bottom of the table … but United can win … |
| 3 | the goal of the week … has to be the United winner against Stoke … it lifted them off the bottom of the table … |
| 4 | Parkview lifted themselves off the bottom of the first division with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Premier Social ( Alan Povey ) , Johnny Bennett and Mickey Brown scoring . |
| 5 | Allison , who took over Rovers four games ago after the sacking of Dennis Rofe , has already hauled them off the bottom of the table and claims they are going to be a force to be reckoned with . |
| 6 | A vital win for Oxford it takes them off the bottom . |
| 7 | Fishing in deep water Stephano had a powerful run on his mackerel bait and fought a shark for over three quarters of an hour without moving it off the bottom . |
| 8 | ‘ My task now is to repay that faith by getting us off the bottom of the league . |
| 9 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
| 10 | ‘ That guy 's going to need a submarine to scrape him off the bottom . ’ |
| 11 | DEFENSIVE blunders cost Quakers the chance to lift themselves off the bottom of the table . |
| 12 | MANAGER Ray Hankin blasted his side for ‘ defending like amateurs ’ after errors cost Quakers the chance of lifting themselves off the bottom of the table . |
| 13 | In the first half , Everton were overrun by a pumped-up Forest side desperate to drag themselves off the bottom of the Premier League and give the lie to whispers that Cloughie 's powers are in decline . |