Example sentences of "set [adv prt] in the [adj] direction " in BNC.
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1 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |
2 | Sandison waited for one minute and then also left , setting off in the opposite direction from Maidstone . |
3 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |
4 | He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction . |
5 | Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione . |
6 | He also sped off across Dartmoor in search of Tamara but , totally confused , after running wildly around , set off in the wrong direction , heading north between gently wooded hills to reach the Atlantic . |
7 | And wherever she might wander , she always set out in the same direction . |