Example sentences of "set off [prep] [art] [adj] direction " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Patricia Monahan says ‘ oil-painting should be a journey of exploration and pleasure ’ , adding that ‘ the artist sets off in a particular direction but ends up somewhere else . ’ |
| 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 | Marshall set off in a new direction . |
| 5 | They clambered down the cliff-path from Sea House and set off in a western direction along the beach to Badstoneleigh . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione . |
| 8 | 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 . |