Example sentences of "be off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We 're off to a fabulous start .
2 It 's early days er to make predictions , but we 're off to a positive start for the year .
3 She treats us to her speciality sad gaze to camera , so we can see that rather society 's collapsing or her piles are hurting , and then we 're off to the next item .
4 And then they 're off to the next one .
5 Today we 're off to the charming isle of St Lucia where our winner and a friend will enjoy seven nights at the Le Sport Hotel , full board in a private air-conditioned room .
6 erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away .
7 That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning .
8 Our fashions are off to a gentle start with soft neutral colours but do n't miss the great style of the shawl-collared coat by Nina Miklin ( Pattern 3 ) .
9 A brief halt at the Military Police Post to book out with the Belgian Military Policeman on duty , and they are off along the main road into Corlu .
10 If your lawn goes into winter in good condition , it will be off to a good start next year , so prepare it now .
11 But the basic uncertainty in the mother may well transmit itself to the child and the relationship between the two of them could be off to a shaky start .
12 like that or your power is cut off because the E the M E B is digging the road up down and they say that your electric will be off for the next
13 and my , my , me and my brother are gon na be off at the same time
14 The padlocks would be off at the main entrance by now , for the late-morning mail and for bar deliveries .
15 The bails needed to be off in a flash but poor Stewart missed with his first swipe .
16 Can I please because I have to be off in a few minutes .
17 I 'm off for a few days again so i 'll be a bit quiet .
18 About-to-be-ex-Lit-Ed , actually , come early January ( I 'm off to the Independent Magazine , which , although it 's the most literary colour supplement in town , does not and will not run book reviews ) ; but while there is a breath of bookish discernment left in my body , I suggest the following thoughts about the spring lists .
19 The RSM brought everyone to attention , ‘ By the right , quick march , ’ barked the Officer and we were off to a jaunty 6–8 time , Blue Bonnets Over the Border , as I got under way .
20 Then they were off with a loud revving of the engine .
21 She and Sebastian were off on a long honeymoon , to spend two months in Tuscany in an old farmhouse belonging to friends of Deborah and Stephen : it was temporarily in need of a caretaker .
22 The lights were off in the big drawing-room but someone had lit the logs which had been piled in the fireplace .
23 Until he is off with the old , he can not be on with the new .
24 Silksworth professional Keith Trotter is off to a good start while Houghton are thankful that they injury to Neil Bainbridge is not as serious as first thought .
25 Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start .
26 Bob is off to a Healing Service .
27 Again , this all helps with cementing the initial relationship and if the first impression is a good one , the practitioner is off to a flying start , which could help if there are difficulties at a later stage with the transaction .
28 Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon
29 FORMER window fitter Thomas Carter is off to a flying start in his new career .
30 ‘ Sometimes it does get me down , but I get over that and then it is off to the next place . ’
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