Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] off [prep] a [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 | Northamptonshire got off to a bad start against Derbyshire in the semi-finals of the Benson and Hedges cup . |
| 3 | Kay broke off as a large , blue-rinsed American lady and her cigar-smoking husband joined them . |
| 4 | OOam on a crisp Spring morning , 2O staff from Wallington set off on a 46 mile sponsored bike ride from Wallington to Brighton . |
| 5 | Alan got off to a less than |
| 6 | And Derbyshire got off to a beautiful start . |
| 7 | Webb took the ball in his stride , cut inside , and Sharpe finished off with a low angled shot which gave Pears no chance . |
| 8 | Ronni flew off with a heavy and tormented heart . |
| 9 | With Alan Leonard leading for him in the pairs semi-final , Graham got off to a 6-0 lead after five ends but Talbot and Nutt came storming back to open a 12-8 lead after 15 ends and after that never really looked like losing . |
| 10 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 11 | Pierce finishes off with a ghostly version of the great Skip James ' ‘ Hardtime Killin' Floor Blues ’ , one last acoustic cry before the tape runs out and proof positive that the blues has never been in better hands . |
| 12 | Cameron turned off down a churned , peaty track towards the wooden roofs and palings of the sawmill . |
| 13 | Short gets off to a bad start |
| 14 | Swindon 's right-back Hockaday went off with a fractured cheekbone just before half-time . |
| 15 | ROVERS had goalkeeper Paul Crichton sent off for a professional foul to complete a miserable afternoon . |
| 16 | Roy sent off in a blazing helicopter |
| 17 | Ultimately it was Nayim 's audacious away goal that ruled , but only in the closing minutes had the Londoners enjoyed a moment 's respite from the pumped-up Fourth Division team , who had Roy McDonough sent off for a reckless tackle near the end . |
| 18 | With Morris brought off for a deserved breather , Mark Burns took over the duty of penalty taker after 58 minutes , the award coming after a Nigel Allister stick chop , and it was 5–1 . |
| 19 | Williams rounded off with a 63rd-minute penalty after Gabbiadini was brought down in the area . |
| 20 | Marshall set off in a new direction . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Derby were convincing 3–0 winners over Pisa , who also had Jose Antonio Chamot sent off for a professional foul on Ted McMinn . |
| 23 | Wilcox set off in a straight line , indifferent to the snow that covered his thin black shoes and clung to his trouser bottoms . |
| 24 | One boxing scribbler of the tabloid persuasion used to recite a Guardian intro which Keating dashed off in a Bavarian hotel room , while struggling to complete a long overdue script for children 's television : ‘ Tonight in Munich , Muhammad Ali of The Universe will defend his world heavyweight title against Richard Dunn of 23 Railway Cuttings , Bradford , West Yorkshire . ’ |
| 25 | MIDDLESBROUGH and Cleveland got off to a great start in the Woolworths Young Athletes League , winning their Northern Premier match at the Don Valley Stadium , Sheffield . |
| 26 | Jamie Chung finished off with a spectacular goal , turning on a cross from Seymour to hit a venomous shot into the roof of the net . |
| 27 | The ST started off with a rubbishing piece by the paper 's acting literary editor , Harry Ritchie , which was followed by protesting letters and the main feature in last week 's Books supplement . |
| 28 | He and Sybil took off for a few weeks ' holiday before going back to London . |
| 29 | Latus has some experience in the No 9 shirt , including the match at Stockton in December , when he made the switch after Kenyon went off with a dislocated shoulder . |
| 30 | In the Godfather , Michael Corleone starts off as a good guy . |