1. Stewart got off the mark with a four.

2. The runners were all quick off the mark.

3. No, you're way off the mark.

4. Our cost estimate was way off the mark .

5. I was a bit slow off the mark/on the uptake there - I didn't follow his reasoning at all.

6. If you're quick off the mark in answering these questions[http://], you could win a prize.

7. You have to be quick off the mark when you answer a newspaper advertisement.

8. The police were certainly quick off the mark reaching the scene of the accident.

9. You'll have to be quick off the mark if you want to find a job around here.

10. Robinson didn't think the story was so far off the mark.

11. Salad crops, however, are quick off the mark.

12. This time, they were slow off the mark.

13. The speech he had been given was way off the mark, and he would like the truth.

14. I proved wildly off the mark.

15. Whoever told you that was right off the mark.

16. Rogers was first off the mark.

17. Those discussions are off the mark.

18. We had better get off the mark early tomorrow if we're to catch the firstferry.

19. He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions.

20. We were off the mark as soon as the bell for the cessation of work sounded.

21. But Ukrainian lawmakers were slower off the mark and only sprang into action in May, after nine people were killed in a fire at a slot-machine hall in Dnipropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine.

22. "Copper producers in general have been slow off the mark in cutting production if you compare them with zinc or nickel producers, who have slashed quite aggressively," said Meir.

23. Local firms have been quick off the mark to cash in on the oil boom.

24. Tuition estimates for community colleges and private universities were also thousands of dollars off the mark.

25. Down in the dungeon of the first division, Rosslyn Park and Nottingham are still to get off the mark.

26. Diesels are condemned by some for being too slow off the mark.

27. As it turned out, that schedule was not far off the mark.

28. But when it comes to commodities like crude oil and corn, that may off the mark.

29. Watch out for those jealous girls: they are very quick off the mark.

30. It was good to see Berba get two goals get him off the mark.

31. And soon Amauri will get off the mark, too. And Del Piero is coming back.

32. Despite these caveats, researchers agree that the ILO estimates may not be far off the mark.

33. These dire warnings proved way off the mark after the national minimum wage came into force seven years ago. The feared job losses did not materialise .

34. Having failed to put away a handful of chances on his previous two appearances against Birmingham and Burnley, Owen was relieved to finally get off the mark.

35. Yet such predictions may be a little off the mark.

36. John was off the mark at once. His records seemed to become a vogue overnight.

37. Bankers Trust, now part of Deutsche Bank, was arguably quickest off the mark.

38. This would mean Yao's forecast could be off the mark.

39. Be quick off the mark if you hear of something promising.