Example sentences of "have [verb] off [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Weightman Rutherfords Liverpool Competition has got off to a tremendous start with 54 wins coming from the first 72 fixtures . |
| 2 | PETER Scudamore 's neighbour Nigel Twiston-Davies has got off to a tremendous start this season with 24 wins in the bag already . |
| 3 | The second half has got off to a good start , with slightly higher orders for October . |
| 4 | TV Quick , the German interloper in the British TV listings market , has got off to a flying start . |
| 5 | Oxford University 's Matthew Syed has got off to a flying start in the Olympic Qualifying tournament in Italy , winning both his opening matches . |
| 6 | The Grand National meeting at Aintree has got off to a tragic start with two horses dying in the first race . |
| 7 | NEW LIFE : A new branch of the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child has got off to an encouraging start at St Winefride 's parish in Neston , where Jim Hallis is the chairman , Margaret Unsworth is the secretary and Debbi Trotman is the treasurer . |
| 8 | He criticises their lack of any real depth of Gaelic culture , and with the exception of Machair , which has got off to an excellent start , all the other programmes seem to be shallow or merely ‘ Mickey Mouse ’ . |
| 9 | Your marriage has got off to an unfortunate start but it does n't warrant the last rites just yet . |
| 10 | ‘ Your mother has gone off on a little holiday , ’ he had announced vaguely and Katherine had returned to New York and to school . |
| 11 | A forty year old airliner that seats just fourteen passengers has taken off for a new lease of life in Australia . |
| 12 | His ambulance service has taken off in a big way . |
| 13 | Recent investment in manufacturing capacity and quality systems has paid off with an increased share in the markets for sputtering targets , metal seal lids for semiconductor packages and fabricated metal products for electronic applications . |
| 14 | The club 's Jarrow born manager Jimmy Mullen ( Backtrack , December 10 ) was obliged to send a deputy to last Friday 's manager of the year awards the entire team has shoved off on a sponsored fortnight in Bermuda . |
| 15 | I was expecting you , of course , but I must have dropped off for a few minutes . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Our free newspapers continue to perform well with the North West Echo having got off to an excellent start . ’ |
| 17 | Given that the evening was meant to be so special , so significant , they could hardly have got off to a worse start , but Jessica refused to compromise . |
| 18 | In this way , what might have started off as a cyclical deficit will soon become a structural deficit unless action is taken to bring borrowing down . |
| 19 | In general , DATEC courses seem to have got off to a reasonable start in the art colleges . |
| 20 | The School appears to have got off to a flourishing start . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , the company 's entry into the largely unchartered bagged sector with Strollers seems to have got off to a fair start . |
| 22 | ‘ We seem to have got off on a wrong footing tonight , Mr Calder , ’ she said carefully . |
| 23 | Spiro is believed to have driven off in a four-wheel-drive vehicle . |
| 24 | Spiro is believed to have driven off in a four-wheel-drive vehicle . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | You 've got off to a good start , Deirdra , so keep writing — and reading ! |
| 27 | They 've got off to a good start with a pair of eighteen carat gold and turquoise earrings donated by the Elizabeth Gage company of London . |
| 28 | She said it had got off to a slow start but then the true issues had been recognised . |
| 29 | In a meeting late on Tuesday , the couple agreed the tour had got off to a bad start , upsetting the Koreans . |
| 30 | Their decision came during a meeting late on Tuesday when the couple realised the tour had got off to a bad start . |