Example sentences of "get off on [art] [adj] " 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 | ‘ We seem to have got off on a wrong footing tonight , Mr Calder , ’ she said carefully . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've just got off on the wrong foot with Harcourt . |
| 10 | We must get off on the right foot . ’ |
| 11 | Try to get off on the right foot ? ’ |