Example sentences of "hit [pers pn] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | A typical Feiffer couple , solemnly offering each other elaborate explanations of why they could not hit it off , are asking in their thought balloons why the other partner ca n't , for Pete 's sake , make a straight pass . |
| 2 | Well , if you want the truth , I was n't certain we would hit it off together on a regular basis . ’ |
| 3 | I think , in the end , they just did n't hit it off . |
| 4 | for example , if you were sacked you can be prepared , not with a feeble-sounding excuse , ‘ The office manager and I did n't hit it off , he was a very difficult man ’ , but with a positive statement , ‘ Yes , the job did n't suit me and I was asked to leave but I was lucky enough to get a place on a word-processing course so I was much better prepared for my next job and I stayed for two years ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ On paper it would have been perfect , but they did n't exactly hit it off , ’ said the source . |
| 6 | ‘ I must admit , when he came to the club we did n't hit it off . |
| 7 | Birds and cats , as everyone knows , do not normally hit it off , and when Dawn met our cat , Jasper , this was most definitely the case . |
| 8 | We did n't exactly hit it off . ’ |
| 9 | Knowing both of them , I knew they would hit it off when they got to know one another better . |
| 10 | We 'd never hit it off together . |
| 11 | ‘ Caroline and Fenella do n't hit it off too well , and certainly Caroline would never refer to my sister as ‘ Fen ’ . |
| 12 | I felt you 'd both hit it off . |
| 13 | Did n't you hit it off ? ’ |
| 14 | We just do n't hit it off , that 's all . ’ |