Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] off to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pillars ran around the circular enclosure , and the myriad corridors all seemed to disappear off to an elaborate pattern . |
| 2 | In we were fortunate in that the time of the introduction of L M S coincided with the all too brief period when this group was in control of the Council and as the window of opportunity opened to get off to a flying start |
| 3 | In some areas , most notably the liturgical and the ecumenical , Rome did get off to a good start in providing directives of a sort that would carry confidence at least temporarily ; even here , however , there was the inherent problem that a body of directives implied the establishment of a stable state ( e.g. in ecumenical relations ) , while the reality was in fact necessarily more fluid . |
| 4 | The mother was an unmarried girl by the name of Mercy Barnett , a whatever'sstreet trader 's daughter , ill used by a seaman who had made off to the other side of the world rather than face up to his responsibilities . |
| 5 | Miserably aware that the evening had lurched off to a regrettable start , Shannon fell into step beside him , irritated still further when she caught the receptionist 's knowing smirk at the sight of them walking out together . |
| 6 | She said it had got off to a slow start but then the true issues had been recognised . |
| 7 | In a meeting late on Tuesday , the couple agreed the tour had got off to a bad start , upsetting the Koreans . |
| 8 | Their decision came during a meeting late on Tuesday when the couple realised the tour had got off to a bad start . |
| 9 | The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) . |
| 10 | Today — the Saturday of the Whitsun weekend — the shop had opened its doors to the public for the first time ; and they had got off to an encouraging start . |
| 11 | Our second daughter Rachel had gone off to a finishing school near Florence , while Ailsa and her painter husband had bought a house in the country near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk . |