Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] off to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Clearly everyone was in festive mood despite the recession , and bidding got off to a brisk start : |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | SOUTHPORT Railway Centre 's summer programme got off to a good start at Easter with a ‘ Four days of steam ’ event . |
| 5 | THE 1993 Historic Scotland Events Programme gets off to a dramatic start on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 May , with a major battle re-enactment by the Sealed Knot at Linlithgow Palace and Peel . |
| 6 | CLEVELAND athletes of the future get off to a flying start today with a new course at Cleveland stadium , Middlesbrough . |
| 7 | At least London 's Notting Hill Carnival got off to a trouble-free start . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Committee got off to a brisk start at its first meeting . |
| 10 | Flor gets off to an impressive start ; the terraced dynamics and tempi of the opening section are brooding and solid , with deep , ruminative phrasing from the Concertgebouw basses . |
| 11 | The team got off to a good start on the general knowledge round , they then had to answer questions connected with local councillors ' work . |
| 12 | In front of over 22,000 fans Town got off to a great start , taking the lead after 34 minutes , Duncan Sheerer the scorer . |
| 13 | That way , the conference gets off to a good start because people are raring to go and in the right frame of mind . |
| 14 | The evening gets off to a wobbly start , with Liz Robertson 's Maria belting out the title song on an artificial hillside which is anything but alive . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm surprised you have n't had the window-frame shipped off to the Black Museum . ’ |
| 16 | The new service got off to an inauspicious start when the unit earmarked for a media preview on Friday had to be substituted due to technical problems . |
| 17 | ALLAN Lamb 's day got off to the worst possible start as flooding in London forced a quick change of travel plans . |
| 18 | Botham 's 57 was top score , so at least his captaincy got off to a bright start . |
| 19 | In short , the event got off to a cracking start . |
| 20 | THE GUINNESS GOLFING Society 's season got off to a good start when 21 members took part in the Spring meeting at Burnham Beeches . |
| 21 | DES Walker 's Italian League career got off to a hair-raising start as Sampdoria drew 3-3 with Lazio . |
| 22 | Despite these preparations , the concert got off to a bad start . |
| 23 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
| 24 | The next day , Jellicoe and the guide went off to a nearby village , arranging to meet Bergé and his men on the beach . |
| 25 | The 1991 world 500 championship got off to a sensational start with the Japanese GP at Suzuka , where Schwantz led Doohan , Rainey and Kocinski across the line . |
| 26 | ( The little road going off to the left here , towards Host a , I certainly do n't advise ; it scared the wits out of me one afternoon , so steep , narrow and broken was it ) . |
| 27 | It brings you first to the Lac d'Orédon , which is a genial , pine girt spot , and from which another , rather more dubious road leads off to the left up to the dam of Cap-de-Long . |
| 28 | Just why is unclear but follow it and , four miles before Gubbio , a road branches off to the beautiful region of Monte Maggiore . |
| 29 | There are signs of civilisation along here , with a scattering of crofts and farmsteads , and a narrow road branches off to the isolated community of Badluarach , a lonely outpost at the entrance to Little Loch Broom . |
| 30 | At the county ground in Bristol Gloucestershire are playing the giantkillers of Hertfordshire … the county got off to a flying start with 13 runs of the first two overs … |