be quick off the mark

Oh, they'd been quick off the mark, right enough, and Kyle believed he knew why.

"A number of people were quick off the mark to talk to us, and they are serious people."

These were quick off the mark and sell about the same percentage of online travel as the airlines do.

Police are quick off the mark about that in Mansfield.'

Human pedestrians faced the same treatment, but knowing the rules they were quicker off the mark.

But UK firms will have to be quick off the mark to benefit.

But memorabilia manufacturers - and Apple's licensing department - have been quick off the mark.

Young Kenneth Clark is quicker off the mark than you.

The American government has been quick off the mark, sending supplies and using its helicopters to take the injured to hospitals.

The counter-terrorist people,' I said in a moment, 'are quick off the mark these days.

Salad crops, however, are quick off the mark.

The police must have been quick off the mark, Binkie.'

'No need for you to concern yourself,' Wellesley was quick off the mark.

When the turbo cuts in, the car with its standard five-speed stick is quick off the mark and fast on the road.

It was mainly educated intuition that led Expo to be quick off the mark with short skirts.

Good, they'd been quick off the mark.

Though full development of a new toy takes months, toymakers and retailers, for their part, have been quick off the mark.

It was an automatic reaction: if you were quick off the mark the teacher knew you knew the answer and he'd ask someone else.

Sainsbury was quicker off the mark with organic produce.

Rooms are allocated on a first come first serve basis so you need to be quick off the mark if this option takes your fancy.

'You always were quick off the mark, Harry.

Harry was quick off the mark and tied in the transporters, and we snatched you out."

"He was quick off the mark.

'They were quick off the mark,' I said. '