Example sentences of "[art] [noun] get off " in BNC.
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| 1 | My respectful view , for reasons which your Lordships will have noted , is that both the contention of the defence and the court 's refutation of it were misconceived : the absence of consent on the part of the owner is already inherent in the word ‘ appropriates , ’ properly understood , and therefore the argument for the defence got off on the wrong foot and the counter-argument that the words specified by the defence can not be read into section 1(1) did not assist the prosecution . |
| 2 | CLEVELAND athletes of the future get off to a flying start today with a new course at Cleveland stadium , Middlesbrough . |
| 3 | He could n't hear anything , but he could see his father covered in pollen and then he had watched the actress get off the train and a lot of kissing and hugging , and everyone behaving the way theatre people always did behave . |
| 4 | ‘ Did the girl get off all right ? ’ |
| 5 | " One of the lightermen got off at Cadogan Stairs and walked back with her and gave her to Maurice . " |
| 6 | The Committee got off to a brisk start at its first meeting . |
| 7 | That way , the conference gets off to a good start because people are raring to go and in the right frame of mind . |
| 8 | The team got off to a good start on the general knowledge round , they then had to answer questions connected with local councillors ' work . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Robertson did not hesitate , and dived overboard and swam out to the dinghy which he succeeded in getting back to the fishing boat for the crew to get off . |
| 11 | In short , the event got off to a cracking start . |
| 12 | Despite these preparations , the concert got off to a bad start . |
| 13 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 14 | Is it not time that the Government got off their behinds and made it compulsory for a payment to be made every year to every senior citizen in this land ? |
| 15 | ‘ We have even had the force helicopter out flying over the ship and broadcasting the message to get off . ’ |
| 16 | The final got off to explosive start when in the seventh minute Glasgow were awarded a penalty . |
| 17 | I mean you get a bus coming as far as Road and back I do n't suppose it has half a dozen folks on what 's this thing coming up here , nobody I 'd er I 've walked into Walsall all my life and but gradually the whole thing changes does n't it , and then the thing gets off as far as West Bromwich , and in , then , then there 's through traffic and then how far and the Green 's not big enough to take the turn around up Road then they change the direction , and it 's all done on bit by bit by bit and so Green 's got eroded it 's er |
| 18 | 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 … |
| 19 | I do n't know how much pressure we put on for the police to get off their butts and do something . |
| 20 | The book gets off to a good start and the first chapter is one of the most stimulating — though I do not necessarily agree with all of it . |
| 21 | Oh , yo , yo , yo , yo if he pulls up he 's , he 's a goner , ah , pull off there , the bus got off , has he ? |
| 22 | SAGITTARIUS- THE year gets off to a cracking start for Sagittarians : The eclipse on December 9 , 1992 was the first of four to exert a powerful effect on your life — especially if your birthday falls between November 22 and December 11 . |
| 23 | THE YEAR got off to a safe start with 13 trainees taking part in a two week NEBOSH general certificate course in occupational safety and health held at the training centre during January and February . |
| 24 | The offenders got off with unduly light sentences , and ugly rumours persisted that there had been some urgent covering-up by Deputies , and even Ministers , who had been embroiled . |
| 25 | But before Musicians Against The War had the guts to get off their arses rather than supporting the kicking of other people 's , where the hell WAS the rebellion ? |
| 26 | The hotel got off to a good start . |
| 27 | Normally in New York , I woulda told the muthafucka to get off my tip , y'know . |
| 28 | All the leaves getting off . |
| 29 | Some of the boys got off and placed bombs on the trucks . |
| 30 | With the assistance of 15 clowns , the party got off to a resounding start with a sing-along , with most of the children joining in . |