Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | East Grinstead got off to a great start with an 11th minute goal , but in spite of their pressure — they won ten penalty corners to Holywood 's none — they seldom troubled goalkeeper Kyle Thompson . |
| 2 | Foreign imports into Britain continued to grow rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s while UK exports of manufactures levelled off from the late 1970s , making the UK a net importer of manufactured goods for the first time in the long history we have described ( Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 3 | Green Realignment 's independent existence got off to an uncertain start when one of the six members of its steering group , Lou Betts , announced that he had decided to rejoin the Green Party . |
| 4 | Clearly everyone was in festive mood despite the recession , and bidding got off to a brisk start : |
| 5 | My respectful view , for reasons which your Lordships will have noted , is that both the contention of the defence and the court 's refutation of it were misconceived : the absence of consent on the part of the owner is already inherent in the word ‘ appropriates , ’ properly understood , and therefore the argument for the defence got off on the wrong foot and the counter-argument that the words specified by the defence can not be read into section 1(1) did not assist the prosecution . |
| 6 | The robbers described as Afro- Caribbean made off with an unspecified amount in cash and jewels . |
| 7 | Northamptonshire got off to a bad start against Derbyshire in the semi-finals of the Benson and Hedges cup . |
| 8 | While Durham Cricket Club got off to a resounding start , Sunderland brought a respectable gap between themselves and Division Three and Middlesbrough remained in contention for an automatic promotion spot , Newcastle moved into the bottom three of Division Two in remarkable circumstances . |
| 9 | SOUTHPORT Railway Centre 's summer programme got off to a good start at Easter with a ‘ Four days of steam ’ event . |
| 10 | The secular trend towards declining levels of crime levelled off in the first decade of this century . |
| 11 | Montgomerie got off on the wrong foot by commencing with a trio of bogeys , making mistakes throughout the bag before settling down to birdie the fifth and sixth and reach the turn in 38 . |
| 12 | Then the rider relaxed his legs , the horse moved off into a working trot , the rider rising so much at one with the animal that he in his turn appeared to be performing a piaffe . |
| 13 | Julie fell dead beneath a tree , its lower branches hacked off in the frenzied attack . |
| 14 | Kay broke off as a large , blue-rinsed American lady and her cigar-smoking husband joined them . |
| 15 | The friendship broke off in the 1880s . |
| 16 | In the match at Manchester , the scorer of one of the Tottenham goals took off on a frenzied high-stepping run , knees and arms pumping like pistons — and he was going backwards . |
| 17 | On the day appointed , the aircraft took off with the first stick , all of whom landed successfully . |
| 18 | Before the property boom took off in the 1970s there were still cheap flats around in London . |
| 19 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 20 | OOam on a crisp Spring morning , 2O staff from Wallington set off on a 46 mile sponsored bike ride from Wallington to Brighton . |
| 21 | West Indies soon lost Haynes , but Richards , on his home ground , and Greenidge set off at an explosive pace with 45 off the first seven overs . |
| 22 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 23 | At least London 's Notting Hill Carnival got off to a trouble-free start . |
| 24 | Alan got off to a less than |
| 25 | Yale University 's $1.5 billion capital campaign got off to a spectacular start when philanthropist Paul Mellon donated gifts valued at more than $50 million . |
| 26 | And Derbyshire got off to a beautiful start . |
| 27 | The Committee got off to a brisk start at its first meeting . |
| 28 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 29 | The remains of her whiteface make-up came off with the clotted badges of blood . |
| 30 | British open champion Bob Blight had a demanding weekend 's racing , as he was also racing in the 125 P and R. However his determination paid off with a third overall . |