Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] on the [adj] foot " in BNC.

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1 I think we got off on the right foot . ’
2 PS Sorry you got off on the wrong foot with the new commander .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 ‘ I got off on the wrong foot , and I 'm never going to get it right now .
6 That 's what I did — got off on the wrong foot .
7 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 .
8 ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt .
9 She likes to see the fastening , which means that for convenience , the shoe ends up on the wrong foot .
10 Ampullaria glides along on the muscular foot , by means of muscular waves passing along its under surface .
11 Especially when you 're starting off on the right foot like you and Marilyn .
12 Many women , through no fault of their own , appear to start off on the wrong foot .
13 ‘ No , I 'd expected it ; he would n't want to start off on the wrong foot . ’
14 We must get off on the right foot . ’
15 Try to get off on the right foot ? ’
16 The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot .
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