Example sentences of "[verb] off on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving off on the first day was Sandy Lyle … as a winner of the British Open and American Masters he 's got to be one of the best judges of courses around |
| 2 | It came off on the playing field and so there was no way I could find the little screw . |
| 3 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 4 | I think we got off on the right foot . ’ |
| 5 | PS Sorry you got off on the wrong foot with the new commander . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Dyson got off on the wrong foot with Morris from the very beginning , even though Morris politely stopped writing while Bob introduced them , and sat back in his chair to look at Dyson . |
| 8 | ‘ I got off on the wrong foot , and I 'm never going to get it right now . |
| 9 | That 's what I did — got off on the wrong foot . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The servant , a white-coated padder trained for the infrequent appearance of people like us , goes off on the long march to the kitchens . |
| 12 | Small wonder , then , that a lot of resentment and guilt rub off on the social worker himself or herself ; and that , when opportunity arises for public shouts of , " No better than we are ! " , it may be seized upon with a fine disregard for logic in expiation of sins which might be regarded in others as excusable . |
| 13 | The eggs remain in the damp sand , safe from marine predators , until they hatch out fifteen days later and swim off on the next high spring tide . |
| 14 | Those who could not escape put in a token appearance , showing themselves before the delegates from their local constituency association and then scuttling off on the first train back to civilization . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 16 | Salim leaves them , takes off on the first of a series of ‘ flights ’ , and treks to the interior , to a country which appears to be compounded of the Congo and of Uganda , in order to earn a living from a store which he has acquired from a man whose daughter he is expected to marry one day . |
| 17 | The strike was called off on the following day . |
| 18 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 19 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 20 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 21 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 22 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 23 | MOUNTAIN adventurer Rebecca Stephens was yesterday thought to have set off on the final stage of a climb which will make her the first British women to reach the top of Everest . |
| 24 | Especially when you 're starting off on the right foot like you and Marilyn . |
| 25 | After the Corporate Relations ’ press officer 's wedding in August , Emma and new husband Tim Godfrey will jet off on the nine and a half hour flight from Heathrow to Grand Cayman via Miami . |
| 26 | Many women , through no fault of their own , appear to start off on the wrong foot . |
| 27 | ‘ No , I 'd expected it ; he would n't want to start off on the wrong foot . ’ |
| 28 | Here at Club M'Diq you can either do your own thing or involve yourself in the daily and evening activities and events available for free ; you can lazy on the spacious sandy beach , or go off on the optional excursions to see something of what this colourful Moslem country has to offer . |
| 29 | Liam McNamara ( a North Shore surfer riding a Willis Phazer ) took off on the first , followed by Tony Moniz ( another local ) on the second and Carroll on the third . |
| 30 | We took off on the last leg for Tromsø . |