Example sentences of "set [adv prt] down [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Looking anxiously behind them , the children set off down the street with the nanny .
2 The two rafts will set off down the river at ten o'clock , each holding eight plus a guide .
3 Within an hour Allan , Donald the smith , and the Logan brothers had set off down the strath to Weem with the petitions in a leather wallet , to add to the already thick bunch in James 's strong-box , and Cameron and James had got horses from a sympathizer in the village and rode off towards the narrow glen of Keltney .
4 Goodnights were exchanged and George set off down the lane with Elizabeth , Sarah and their mother .
5 The 1958 Cadillac Eldorado swept out from the garage and set off down the road from Cromcruach .
6 ‘ Nonsense , ’ said the Princess , and set off down the stairs at a spanking pace .
7 He took as many arrows as he could carry and , holding his bow with an arrow ready notched , set off down the track after the verderers .
8 The lock snapped into place behind him , and he set off down the hill towards his car .
9 When Hugh 's men had lifted Aldhelm 's body on to the litter , and set off down the path with it towards the Foregate , Tutilo fell in behind the sorry little procession like a mourner , and went silently step for step with them , his eyes still upon the shrouded body .
10 At daybreak Miss Logan , now wearing the pistol at her belt , set off down the mountain with the guide .
11 We struck camp next day and set off down the mountain on our way to the Webi Shebeli .
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