Example sentences of "we set off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
2 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
3 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
4 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
5 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
6 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
7 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
8 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |