| The sporting entertainment kicked off early in the day as crowds gathered around large TV screens to watch the World Cup final. |
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| The Season One set of McLeod's Daughters included the original telemovie that kicked off the whole phenomenon. |
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| I readied myself just behind the service line and kicked off as soon as the shuttle touched my racket. |
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| The tournament witnessed many mismatches and kicked off only in the second week. |
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| When Charlton's season kicked off at the Reebok stadium, the three were all on the bench as substitutes. |
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| When York kicked off by booting the ball straight out and then giving away a first-minute penalty for offside, things looked bleak. |
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| As the game kicked off, winter threatened to intervene as snow drifted across the ground but fortunately it remained light. |
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| His sluggish response kicked off a crescendo of criticism, prompting calls for him to resign from within his own coalition. |
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| There were heavy downpours even before Scotland's biggest rock and pop festival kicked off and the rain threatened to upstage the performers. |
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| I kicked off my covers and ran into the bathroom, brushed my teeth and cleaned myself off. |
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| Microsoft, in the shape of Gates and Paul Allen, kicked off with Basic, and followed up in 1978 with Fortran. |
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| He is now leading a Ford Foundation-sponsored project on education of the floating population which kicked off earlier this year. |
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| I kicked off my sandals and folded my legs up underneath me on the long red plush couch that ran down one side of the bus. |
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| His first picture was published in the Evening Times and kicked off a career that encompasses both photojournalism and celebrity portraiture. |
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| Though that conflict kicked off in the summer of 1950, in the American collective memory, Korea is a winter war. |
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| Glasnost and perestroika in the Soviet Union kicked off a debate about restructuring society in East Germany, too. |
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| Amy nodded deferentially and kicked off her shoes, settling into the soft, downy bed, leaving the door flung wide open. |
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| Will kicked off his boots and changed to something clean and washed his face. |
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| The day kicked off at noon with a number of children's events, including several races and potato-and-spoon time trials. |
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| Jobs kicked off his spiel with the admission that the last seven months had been pretty ropy for the manufacturer. |
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| Mother Dairy has already launched a dairy whitener in the north-eastern market, while its butter business was kicked off last year. |
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| The mission to Titan has kicked off one of the most exciting years for space exploration in more than a quarter of a century. |
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| Football matches in the English Premier and Nationwide leagues kicked off six minutes later than usual yesterday. |
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| She undid the blue cord around her neck as she went, kicked off her sandals, and dove into the pool. |
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| Lancashire captain Andy Farrell kicked off in a game delayed by traffic congestion resulting from bad weather earlier in the evening. |
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| The team kicked off their season in a meeting with Washington State University last Saturday. |
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| Bulgaria's new football championship season kicked off last weekend, implementing some interesting changes from past years. |
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| After stints as a waitress, an air hostess and a grape picker, her broadcasting career kicked off with Radio Merseyside. |
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| The wind gently blew against her face as she kicked off, swinging into the air, leaving her loose hair streaming behind her. |
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| Dimming the lights, Corrina kicked off her shoes and crawled onto her bed where Aaron was reclining, leaning his weight back on his elbows. |
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| As we kicked off, I said something to the referee and was shown a red card, which carried a three-match ban. |
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| The city government on April 20 kicked off a weekly citywide campaign to protect intellectual property rights from infringement. |
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| In detail England looked like world-beaters as last season's championship kicked off with a 44-15 drubbing of Wales at the Millennium Stadium. |
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| The first round tie kicked off 25 minutes late when the appointed referee failed to turn up. |
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| A panel of four speakers kicked off the discussion with their opening remarks. |
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| The 2003 Tourism Festival kicked off last Friday night with a variety show and the final of a beauty pageant contest in the Suzhou Sports Centre. |
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| He kicked off his first term with demands to make cut-backs and set about dismantling the old regime. |
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| A joint venture to give disabled people in York and North Yorkshire a taste of the outdoors has kicked off in fine style. |
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| The student said the purpose of the meeting was to discuss how Massad could be kicked off campus. |
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| If the match had kicked off at ten to four rather than three o'clock, we might have had a game on our hands at Ram Stadium. |
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| The rally kicked off a week of lively, exciting political debates and discussions. |
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| The hero of the day was the bright sunshine and balmy spring weather as the event kicked off under gorgeous sunny skies. |
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| Print ads kicked off March 8 in Barron's, Business Week, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times and newsweeklies. |
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| The match kicked off in arctic conditions and the weather steadily got worse. |
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| The initial programme drew to a close in April but the UK government has since funded a second three-year project, which kicked off last month. |
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| Now, the actor kicked off his campaign bright and early in the morning by hitting the talk shows. |
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| Sure enough, the sledging kicked off in earnest at Bristol in the first NatWest Series encounter between England and Australia. |
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| She settled herself onto the couch, slantwise, half reclining, supported by plush cushions, and kicked off her shoes. |
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| She set down her bag and kicked off her tan suede mules as she walked back to her bedroom. |
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| But he came with a wealth of knowledge, an abundance of enthusiasm and a passion for the club where his career had kicked off 30 years earlier. |
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| The three day festival kicked off on Friday evening, and drew to a close on Sunday evening. |
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| His prophecy kicked off a vertiginous frenzy of doomsaying, and he was thrown in jail by fearful Bolognese officials. |
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| Newham has more CCTV cameras than any other authority, but they were useless when the workers monitoring them kicked off the strike by walking out on the stroke of midnight. |
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| She had kicked off her shoes at the beach and rolled up her jeans. |
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| I actually predicted before the England v France match kicked off that Beckham would retire from International football at the end of the Championship. |
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| These comments were not without irony considering that Quinn was remonstrating with Newry full back Michael Kelly moments before things kicked off. |
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| He kicked off his stateside appearances with the Arabian Nights extravaganza XXVII at the Paris Grand Ballroom in Las Vegas. |
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| The three-day extravaganza, which kicked off Thursday morning, has no power to pass laws or set agendas. |
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| We kicked off with an expertly dressed salad with a buttery taste, and shared some chicken liver pate served with fresh toast, tomatoes and pickled cucumbers. |
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| In your heart of hearts, you know you don't really care whether what's-his-name gets kicked off the island, or fired, or wins the bachelorette or whatever. |
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| The public input portion of Monday's debate kicked off with criticism from two failed mayoralty candidates who ran for office in November's election. |
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| He kicked off the battered boots and massaged his aching joints. |
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| This book eventually influenced the abolition of the cruel bearing rein, kicked off the animal-rights movement, and forced more humane treatment of London's human cabbies. |
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| The first Tehelka Think Festival in India kicked off today with panels on everything from nanotechnology to satire. |
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| The market kicked off the week in a subdued fashion, with few corporate announcements and traders sitting on their hands ahead of a slew of results in the US later this week. |
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| The Italian region of veneto also kicked off a referendum over the weekend that could see it separate from Italy. |
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| Trying to keep the bike as still as possible, he kicked off and despite Isabel's woozy protestations, they made it to her dorm with slow but sure progress. |
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| She kicked off her shoes and let the mud squish between her toes. |
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| Mail was picked up on the fly using a catch arm on the side of the car swung out by a Railway Mail Clerk who at the same time kicked off a sack of mail for that place. |
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| She had kicked off her high-heeled sandals and was gaining on me. |
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| One member is married to a former Ohio militia leader, he says, and another was kicked off Pat Buchanan's presidential campaign for alleged ties to white supremacists. |
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| The Warriors kicked off the second half of the season in style last Saturday afternoon, as they cruised to a 5-0 home win over the Royal Military College Paladins. |
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| By the time the show kicked off, almost two hours behind schedule, spirits inside Dior's custom-built tent were almost as damp as the weather outside. |
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| He had made himself easy prey, since he had kicked off his shoes. |
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| Phillips's exasperatingly self-aware first novel, Prague, kicked off the vogue for quasi-memoirs by smart young things about life in 1990s Eastern Europe. |
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| The event kicked off with Rourke running away from the assembled hacks towards the sea, dropping to his knees and engaging in what appeared to be a silent prayer. |
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| Jurgen Klopp kicked off his first Liverpool pre-match Press conference with a moan about paparazzi snapping him househunting. |
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| He was kicked off the team for lollygagging during practice. |
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| The parachutists, due to take part in the post-game festivities, landed on the pitch five minutes after the final had kicked off in Bogota. |
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| Manila The 31-day absentee vote for overseas Filipinos kicked off without major hitches yesterday, reports reaching Manila from abroad said. |
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| The sun was still up and hot as the 32nd annual Concern Foundation Block Party kicked off on the Main Street backlot of Paramount Studios. |
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| Parks on Monday kicked off the annual Happy Holiday Campaign, a series of community events and gift giveaways for local children and seniors. |
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| Williams kicked off his Close Encounters World Tour in South Africa in April 2006, when he finished his European leg of the tour. |
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| The NASA culture change initiative was kicked off in March using a proprietary BST survey to conduct an agency-wide cultural assessment. |
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| Now we've kicked off our clunky boots it's time to inves t in summery shoes. |
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| Montserratian popsters Arrow kicked off proceedings with calypso hit Hot Hot Hot. |
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| He kicked off his 2008 campaign by aping Vito Corleone, something columnist Peggy Noonan found distasteful and utterly unpresidential. |
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| Controversy also occurred before the game kicked off, when England refused to face New Zealand's haka challenge. |
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| We just kicked off a covermount program about a year ago throughout Europe. |
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| Hearts protest against the Mallorcans failed because the club did not register their protest in writing before the match kicked off. |
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| The AICPA and FBI responded with a joint effort, which was kicked off with a webcast featuring three FBI white-collar crime-fighter chiefs. |
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| The 1975 Tour of the Americas kicked off in New York City with the band performing on a flatbed trailer being pulled down Broadway. |
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| Voting kicked off Sunday in the Osaka mayoral election with incumbent Kunio Hiramatsu battling former Osaka Gov. |
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| Bruce Springsteen kicked off his Born in the U.S.A. Tour here. |
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| She kicked off her silver ballet flats and stretched out her toes like a cat. |
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| Carl felt insulted by the mickey-taking and gave Jamie the dirtiest of looks before he kicked off. |
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| They kicked off with Silver Tongue, followed on by the likes of Strange Kind of Woman and newer tracks like Demon Eyes. |
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| Suddenly it all kicked off on the terraces as horrendous violence and disgraceful scenes were picked up by television cameras. |
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| The thing is, The Montrose is cracker on a Thursday night, never mind that the Chrimbo lunacy season has kicked off good and proper. |
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| The Internal Revenue Service kicked off the year by announcing that it plans to step up its oversight of tax return preparers. |
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| Nearly 20 members kicked off the 2013-14 Cornhusker NAMA season at Vala's Pumpkin Patch. |
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| The week-long visit kicked off the start of the 12-month collaborative project between the Republic of Seychelles and Abu Dhabi Government. |
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| Well-travelled Bowyer, 34, could move to the Tractor Boys this week after talks kicked off about a contract that would see him become one of the top earners at Portman road. |
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| Their visit kicked off at Birmingham City University's school of jewellery where Camilla met students in the gemmology and silversmithing studios. |
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| The tour had kicked off the previous day when Morpeth had been unlucky to go down 21-19 in the opening match to a big and strong Gouda youth team. |
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| Opening band The Half Nelsons kicked off the night in true pop-punk style. |
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| The Karachi operation had been kicked off by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on September 5, 2013, to root out crime and terrorism from the megalopolis. |
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| Mr Platini kicked off proceedings with his refusal to back England's World Cup bid, which no doubt had the national press harrumphing up and down Fleet Street. |
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| The event kicked off with Roni Al-Dor, Sapiens president and CEO, who provided an overview of Sapiens' vision, strategy and software portfolio highlights. |
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| The Big Brum Open Top Buz has just kicked off its fifth year of operation but owner Sue Behan, of Birmingham Tours, said it is not making enough money. |
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| Falling sales at Britain's biggest supermarket Tesco announced last week could mean good news for consumers as a price war has kicked off with rivals. |
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| On Tuesday, the two kicked off a series of trunk shows for their spring and fall lines at Barneys, which has carried their collection for two seasons. |
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| The season of beauty queen pageants has kicked off with the announcement of first ever beauty queen winner of Miss International 2014 contest on Tuesday. |
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| From humble beginnings in Aberystwyth, Dai kicked off his four decades in the kitchen with a baptism of fire in some of finest restaurants in London's West End. |
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| I understood that I was missing out on a lot of his life and if the war really kicked off I was going to be gone for an even longer amount of time. |
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| The six week course kicked off last week at The Deighton Centre for those aged between 14 and 25 to practice the art of Lishi which incorporates Tai Chi, Kung Fu and Qi Gong. |
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| This final was to end in disaster as, before the match kicked off, rioting football hooligans caused a retaining wall to collapse, killing 39 Juventus supporters. |
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| The Welsh Minister for Rural Affairs, Elin Jones, kicked off Plaid's annual conference by pledging to uphold the goal of making Wales a European Union member state. |
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| Vanity Fare kicked off the proceedings, performing in their own right and providing support for both Chris Montez and the under-weather Chris Farlowe. |
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| Soderling then summoned up another trio of aces to give himself set point four games later and went a set up with a low crosscourt backhand that kicked off the line. |
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| But the show kicked off to a flat start with the microphone being turned up too high, ruining the opening scene where The Usherette introduces the story. |
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| It kicked off at Drepung Monastery, the largest monastery of Tibetan Buddhism's Gelug Sect, where a 40-meter-long thangka painting of the Buddha was exhibited. |
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| Opting to improve her odds of making it up the stairs and into the privacy of her room, she kicked off her left heel, and then her right before leaning down to scoop them up. |
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