Example sentences of "[noun sg] off [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do I send a sample chapter off to a number of publishers ? |
| 2 | The unraced Rockawhile , Henry Cecil 's first runner of the 1992 Flat season , can get the Newmarket trainer off to a flying start in the Bluebell Fillies ' Stakes ( 4.30 ) . |
| 3 | Although Dragon is only about half the size of Drayton Asia , its superior investment performance has got the bid off to a good start . |
| 4 | Any diet that takes this weight off in a month or two will probably not be successful in the long term . |
| 5 | Said Graham : ‘ He 'll get the weight off in a couple of weeks because he 's working hard in training and then he 'll be back in the side . ’ |
| 6 | There were ways of treating prisoners properly , and of recognising that they had certain claims upon their captors ; there were also rules about the taking , sharing , and disposing of booty and pillage ; there were signs of formal war , such as the unfurling of banners or the setting off of a cannon at the start of a siege , which informed all those present that a certain legal situation now existed , hostilities having been formally declared . |
| 7 | The easiest cure is to knock the snow off with a regular tap with the axe shaft . |
| 8 | Ilse slipped her pinafore off with a smile . |
| 9 | Entering the room in a confident and relaxed manner is very important for getting the interview off to a good start . |
| 10 | IRELAND 'S defending featherweight champion , Paul Griffin , got his European championship campaign off to a winning start in Bursa , Turkey last night with a hard fought 6–5 win over Lazlo Bagnar of Hungry . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've called our campaign off as a quid pro quo for their accepting the need for legislation to control the conservation of energy . ’ |
| 12 | If he did n't , some clever lawyer would get the boy off on a technicality . |
| 13 | Practise opening more airbrake during the hold off as a means of getting the glider down fully held off , but without such a long float . |
| 14 | The players will be keen to get their season on the East Region circuit off to a good start in the 36 hole Senate Charity Open which starts tomorrow , and the man they will all be out to beat is European Tour regular Paul Curry . |
| 15 | This , thanks to the trainers and N.D.O. , is all in the pipeline , with Taster Days and leaflets distributed to get a new training course off to a good start in Cambridge , this September . |
| 16 | ‘ In which time Inspector Cotton , and his minion Sergeant Mack , have bestirred themselves sufficiently to write the case off as a killing during petty larceny ! |
| 17 | Your knowledge , experience and insight has been invaluable in getting the new Department of National Heritage off to a swift and successful start . |
| 18 | As Pavel stepped out onto the asphalt , he could see the take off of a Cathay Pacific 747 through the chainlink and across a few hundred feet of grass ; it seemed shockingly , dangerously close , and he turned his face away to look toward the main building . |
| 19 | The idea that a runner can win more by not trying too hard is not likely to be well received in the hard-bitten commercial world of sports retailing , but if the winter miles are currently very wearisome and every race is a struggle to gain a few seconds , you might try leaving your watch off at a race or two and see if the Zarei approach puts a bit of the enjoyment back into running . |
| 20 | The dodgy S & M imagery of ‘ Raping A Slave ’ ( actually a meditation on power and work ) and other included tracks form the ‘ Young God ’ EP and the still-withering power of ‘ Cop ’ ( ‘ Nobody burns your skin off like a cop ’ ) amidst the all-powerful monotony show that we 've lost something along the way . |
| 21 | Mr Brown got the Blackpool conference off to a storming start , brushing aside fears that it might be distracted by Euro rebel Bryan Gould 's resignation from John Smith 's top team . |
| 22 | In addition to events previously announced , there will be a Virago Birthday Breakfast to get the conference off to a positive start on the Monday , and four more workshops have been firmed up for the afternoon : ‘ Goodbye to Gutenberg ’ ( speakers Tony Feldman , Japp Buchli of Scheltma Hokema Vermuelen , Paul Ayscough of Columbia TriStar and Michael Kemp of Franklin Electronic ) ; ‘ Targeting the Book Market ’ — The Role of Research ’ ( Peter Mouncey of the AA , Sue Morris of W H Smith and Leslie Henry of BML ) ; ‘ Financial Management for Booksellers ’ ( Ian Newman , Waterstones ) ; and ‘ Take Four Walls — Shop Design on a Budget ’ ( Barry Steadham , Insight Design ) . |
| 23 | It was far safer to start a town off with a charter , a market and a fair , and a few other practical inducements to settlers , and then to sit back and hope for the best . |
| 24 | My 100 metres win had set the team off to a great Championships . |
| 25 | The much-maligned Forest 'keeper literally let two points slip away when he handed Andy Clarke a 12th-minute equaliser after Nigel Clough had got his dad 's team off to a flying start . |
| 26 | another local team off to a flying start are Gloucester Rugby club … they 've won four out of four now … |
| 27 | Because I used Arches hot-pressed paper I could also lift the pigment off with a brush if the colour was too heavy . |
| 28 | BILLY Hardy got his comeback off to a winning start at the McEwans Centre , Houghton-le-Spring , last night with a five round demolition of plucky Yorkshireman Chris Clarkson . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , in the event that , in the future , short term letting could not provide a sufficiently profitable return , the possibility of long term letting or even the complete selling off of a number of these chalets , can not be ignored . |
| 30 | Merrill sensed that he was trying to put her at her ease , building a bridge over the rift that divided them , to get the evening off to a good start . |