Sentence examples for only got off from inspiring English sources

He only got off the plane [from New Zealand] two days ago".

He was first invited to do something for the opera house three years ago, but things only got off the ground when he teamed up with Widmann.

Or whether there should be a repeat of what happened last time HSBC was in major trouble: the bank paid a fine equivalent to a pittance in its turnover; executives not only got off but were promoted to higher service; and the PR guff promised that all was now aright.

When we arrived back in New York Harbor, the staff treated us, along with the more than 20 other disabled travelers, as if we were family members, ensuring that each person not only got off the ship safely but also was set with travel plans home.

But what really gave England their first sniff was an innings from Alan Mullally, who not only got off the mark but clumped McGrath for a couple of boundaries, making 16 of a last-wicket stand of 23 with Angus Fraser.

"He looked composed and controlled for a bloke who only got off a plane on Tuesday.

I've only just got off my knee and risen to my feet.

Whole swaths of the country that have only just got off their backs after Thatcher's de-industrial revolution will be knocked to the floor all over again.

In Fukuoka, a city on Kyushu island, a "comprehensive" special zone to sell environmental technologies to neighbouring countries has only just got off the ground, says Hironobu Furukawa, a local official.

"Guys only get off their couches twice a year, to go to 'Wild Hogs' or '3:10 to Yuma,' " the marketing consultant Terry Press says.

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