Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words about words tend to float off into a mysterious space of their own — though I hope most of those we have used have been firmly pinned down . |
| 2 | In Scotland , sales at Thins got off to a good start in December , became tougher , then ended with a gallop . |
| 3 | THE Weightman Rutherfords Liverpool Competition has got off to a tremendous start with 54 wins coming from the first 72 fixtures . |
| 4 | PETER Scudamore 's neighbour Nigel Twiston-Davies has got off to a tremendous start this season with 24 wins in the bag already . |
| 5 | The second half has got off to a good start , with slightly higher orders for October . |
| 6 | TV Quick , the German interloper in the British TV listings market , has got off to a flying start . |
| 7 | Oxford University 's Matthew Syed has got off to a flying start in the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Italy , winning both his opening matches . |
| 8 | The Grand National meeting at Aintree has got off to a tragic start with two horses dying in the first race . |
| 9 | NEW LIFE : A new branch of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child has got off to an encouraging start at St Winefride 's parish in Neston , where Jim Hallis is the chairman , Margaret Unsworth is the secretary and Debbi Trotman is the treasurer . |
| 10 | He criticises their lack of any real depth of Gaelic culture , and with the exception of Machair , which has got off to an excellent start , all the other programmes seem to be shallow or merely ‘ Mickey Mouse ’ . |
| 11 | Your marriage has got off to an unfortunate start but it does n't warrant the last rites just yet . |
| 12 | Many women , through no fault of their own , appear to start off on the wrong foot . |
| 13 | However , the grouting can easily get discoloured and dirty-looking , so it might bc better to start off with a dark grouting from the beginning . |
| 14 | ‘ Your mother has gone off on a little holiday , ’ he had announced vaguely and Katherine had returned to New York and to school . |
| 15 | These appear to die off after a few weeks in the water , but this is not actually the case . |
| 16 | A forty year old airliner that seats just fourteen passengers has taken off for a new lease of life in Australia . |
| 17 | His ambulance service has taken off in a big way . |
| 18 | Noel has cleared off with the one-man tent . |
| 19 | Two years later , his dedication to keeping the show on the road has paid off with the new £8 million film The Muppet Christmas Carol , which opens in Britain this week starring Michael Caine as Scrooge . |
| 20 | Recent investment in manufacturing capacity and quality systems has paid off with an increased share in the markets for sputtering targets , metal seal lids for semiconductor packages and fabricated metal products for electronic applications . |
| 21 | If you want to head off into the higher mountains , cross-country skiing is n't the best sport for children : the effort , though not strenuous , is constant , and children under ten could tire if asked to ski for longer than a half-day . |
| 22 | That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year . |
| 23 | The club 's Jarrow born manager Jimmy Mullen ( Backtrack , December 10 ) was obliged to send a deputy to last Friday 's manager of the year awards the entire team has shoved off on a sponsored fortnight in Bermuda . |
| 24 | Pillars ran around the circular enclosure , and the myriad corridors all seemed to disappear off to an elaborate pattern . |
| 25 | In addition , they can be made to break off under a large side load and in so doing , perhaps prevent further damage being done to the fuselage . |
| 26 | Another political time bomb , waiting to go off in the New Year , is a Select Committee inquiry into Britain 's overall energy needs . |
| 27 | The power produced drops off as the harmonic number increases , so to generate the higher harmonics requires much higher input intensity . |
| 28 | So , whilst this definition obviously includes jetting off to an exotic resort with a fortnight 's stay in a hotel , the definition also catches the hotel which offers an inclusive theatre weekend — one price covering the stay in the hotel and tickets for a show . |
| 29 | It was not everyone who would have relished going off into the dark forest ; Lugh did not relish it at all , in fact . |
| 30 | I had to give her a little reminder now and then , to stop her attempting to fly off into the wide blue yonder , by gently pulling the leash , but within two days she was coming to me just as willingly as she had on the straight creance . |