Example sentences of "off to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this happy event , the marriage seemingly got off to a rocky start . |
| 2 | We went off to a little restaurant she knew near Leicester Square . |
| 3 | Just piss off to a nightclub , dear , come back in the wee small hours . |
| 4 | It got off to a hairy start with several heated discussions about what a wild boar is . |
| 5 | Many a Jewish courtship has got off to a somewhat greasy start over pickled brisket sandwiches and chips on fine evenings outside the deli . |
| 6 | Having performed a healing miracle , she is packed off to a remote convent . |
| 7 | Shell , who succeeded Mike Shanahan last week , got off to a winning start thanks to the safety , Eddie Anderson , who returned an interception 87 yards for the winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter . |
| 8 | The RSM brought everyone to attention , ‘ By the right , quick march , ’ barked the Officer and we were off to a jaunty 6–8 time , Blue Bonnets Over the Border , as I got under way . |
| 9 | It seemed a near miracle that it got off to a relatively smooth start , politically speaking , in 1921–2 . |
| 10 | Tor goes off to a cottage up the hill from the bay and comes back disconsolate , having been told to ‘ piss off ’ by the occupants who were robbed last week and are not in any mood to offer the traditional Norwegian hospitality to a motley collection of bedraggled canoeists . |
| 11 | Sergeant Allen always liked to be ready early , to have everything buttoned up before the Troop Commander arrived : it got things off to a good start . |
| 12 | ‘ She ca n't be going off to a big party before the Championship . |
| 13 | An analyst yesterday said the issue ‘ is set to get off to a good start ’ . |
| 14 | Her wicked guardians try to marry Cindy off to a local nob ; a disastrous fire frustrates their plans and , as we are fully expecting , love triumphants . |
| 15 | Mr Major got off to a stickier start with President Mitterrand , who neglected to tell him about the Gulf peace plan that France was about to launch in mid-January . |
| 16 | Botham 's 57 was top score , so at least his captaincy got off to a bright start . |
| 17 | Fowler and Broad then got off to a good start with 90 for the first wicket before things began to go wrong . |
| 18 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
| 19 | If the one-day series was then to prove one-sided for years to come , at least it got off to a good start . |
| 20 | At Edgbaston , West Indies got off to a good start as the first wicket produced 34 runs in just six overs , but three fell cheaply and it was left to Logie and Hooper to make fifty apiece and give the innings its backbone . |
| 21 | I still found the argument extraordinary , but I also had to take into account the fact that if Nigel retained this stance then the committee meeting would have to be postponed and the whole exercise would get off to a terrible start . |
| 22 | At the question session afterwards , one disgruntled UFO watcher summed up the audience 's feelings : ‘ If you want to talk about psychology , why do n't you bugger off to a psychology conference . |
| 23 | Still painfully relieved that he was not to be made an unwanted orphan and bundled off to a Home , Frankie left the room without a word . |
| 24 | That way , the conference gets off to a good start because people are raring to go and in the right frame of mind . |
| 25 | Her husband , who has been ill recently , was hustled off to a chair in the corner . |
| 26 | The unraced Rockawhile , Henry Cecil 's first runner of the 1992 Flat season , can get the Newmarket trainer off to a flying start in the Bluebell Fillies ' Stakes ( 4.30 ) . |
| 27 | Howey has got it off to a T : so far , she has thrown many of her top opponents with it , including Emanuella Pierantozzi , the Italian world title-holder , who only just managed to twist out and avoid a score in the last world championships . |
| 28 | She said it had got off to a slow start but then the true issues had been recognised . |
| 29 | But Mr Endara is probably relieved to see him off to a US prison . |
| 30 | The election campaign also got off to a poor start . |