Example sentences of "go off without a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it all seem easy , producing an excellent meal , and the lunch party at the Commanding Officer 's residence went off without a hitch . |
| 2 | The performance went off without a hitch and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra , with Dr Otto Klemperer conducting , played brilliantly . |
| 3 | In fact , the police force lacked access to any digital information and although the evacuation went off without a hitch there is little doubt that a GIS containing the Chinese postman algorithm could have provided efficient routes and also have guaranteed that no road was missed from the warning sweep . |
| 4 | Air New Zealand , creators and sponsors of the event , could easily adopt the motto ‘ To make dreams , come true ’ , for the Fifth Golden Oldies was about dreams and such was the organisation by Clarrie Anderson and his team that the whole week went off without a hitch . |
| 5 | After many doubts as to whether the event would go as planned , or if a significant number of aircraft would turn-up , the celebrations held over the weekend went off without a hitch and the whole town was enveloped in Norseman fever or Norsemania , as the local press called it . |
| 6 | Similar ceremonies throughout the county went off without a hitch because a strike threatened by the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education was called off . |
| 7 | During the United Nations International Women 's Year in 1975 , the Salvadorean government spent more time and much more money on ensuring that the Miss Universe beauty contest went off without a hitch , than on debating the issues of discrimination against women . |
| 8 | The Boozebuster went off without a hitch . |
| 9 | But the display went off without a hitch . |