Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] 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 | The robbers described as Afro- Caribbean made off with an unspecified amount in cash and jewels . |
| 3 | Northamptonshire got off to a bad start against Derbyshire in the semi-finals of the Benson and Hedges cup . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Kay broke off as a large , blue-rinsed American lady and her cigar-smoking husband joined them . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | OOam on a crisp Spring morning , 2O staff from Wallington set off on a 46 mile sponsored bike ride from Wallington to Brighton . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Alan got off to a less than |
| 10 | And Derbyshire got off to a beautiful start . |
| 11 | Storey moved off in the general direction of young Lindy . |
| 12 | Webb took the ball in his stride , cut inside , and Sharpe finished off with a low angled shot which gave Pears no chance . |
| 13 | Ronni flew off with a heavy and tormented heart . |
| 14 | The sky was cloudy when Giles set off after an early breakfast . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Cameron turned off down a churned , peaty track towards the wooden roofs and palings of the sawmill . |
| 19 | Mike Tunnell walked off with the prized possession of a wooden spoon . |
| 20 | As the sopranos of the WI soared off into the upper atmosphere he began to feel for the first time that this Christmas had meaning . |
| 21 | Short gets off to a bad start |
| 22 | Swindon 's right-back Hockaday went off with a fractured cheekbone just before half-time . |
| 23 | ROVERS had goalkeeper Paul Crichton sent off for a professional foul to complete a miserable afternoon . |
| 24 | Roy sent off in a blazing helicopter |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Williams rounded off with a 63rd-minute penalty after Gabbiadini was brought down in the area . |
| 28 | Marshall set off in a new direction . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Philip Schutte went off in the 18th minute after a tackle on Aadel Kardooni , and Wahl Bartmann followed in the 32nd minute with a shoulder injury . |