Example sentences of "[noun] off on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having done everything in your tank preparations to avoid new tank syndrome , you can still set in motion some of the attendant problems if you start your new stock off on the wrong fin . |
| 2 | You can never be too early starting your kids off on the right foot — in fact , it 's essential |
| 3 | Another letter in The Times , from Sir Robert Robinson , drew attention to Florey 's work and set enquirers off on a new tack to Oxford , but their journeys turned out to be unrewarding . |
| 4 | Some of our competitors in the north have been er really struggling and erm offering four pounds off on a seven pound fifty entrance fee so bearing that in mind we 're v v very confident that we 've im improved our market share in that area too . |
| 5 | one who pretends to have picked up an apparently valuable ( but actually worthless ) ring which he palms off on an unwary buyer . |
| 6 | But while Scotland 's men were toiling , the women got their challenge for the Home International championship off on a winning note . |
| 7 | The Committee 's Leisure and Allied Services Committee confirmed the decision and league chairman , Tommy Whiteside , said the sports advisory committee now had the chance to get the new league off on a sound footing . |
| 8 | Written at the end of the Fifties , it was a play ahead of its time , tackling issues of illegitimacy and inter-racial relations with a feminist approach , and set Cuka off on a distinguished career . |
| 9 | Several hours later Sten found a warden who sailed out to the island and dropped the guys off on the nearest bit of mainland . |