Example sentences of "[vb mod] set off " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instant she set foot on the land she must set off , all uphill , to the point . |
| 2 | Humiliating and unrealistic conditions should set off an alarm in the coalition 's collective head : they carry echoes from 1919 of Versailles , the treaty that ended ‘ the war to end all wars ’ and brought Europe , and the world , a new era of instability . |
| 3 | This may also involve physically not going to places ( e.g. the staffroom ) or meeting people ( your head of department ) who might set off the alarm by mistake . |
| 4 | Some might set off from observations like these to construct a formal system which would provide different representations for the different types of non-linguistic referents ( beings or situations or things ) for which , logically , the various phrases could be used in our own or some other possible world . |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll set off as soon as we 've eaten . |
| 6 | Then she 'll set off again for her destination in Southampton … trying hard to avoid any more narrow bridges . |
| 7 | Shall we have a little introduction and then we 'll set off shall we ? |
| 8 | in a garage , where exhaust fumes could set off the alarm . |
| 9 | From Reading station one could set off round the world . |
| 10 | Now the national and agrarian revolution , the transition to capitalism , could set off the proletarian revolution , the transition to socialism . |
| 11 | Anyone making a noise could set off the bomb , therefore , if the judge catches anyone talking or making a noise , that person is out . |
| 12 | The dacha was owned by a doctor who , Vasili reasoned , would be able to snap Lena out of her trance ; then the two of them could set off for Tula on the banks of the River Don where they would lie low until , with time , the investigation wound down . |
| 13 | In the mountains , as soon as his ankle was mended , he could set off to walk south and try to cross the enemy lines . |
| 14 | Many people ( especially bankers ! ) claim that default by a major debtor government like Mexico or Brazil could set off financial shock-waves that would make the Black Monday stock market crash of October 1987 look like a hiccup . |
| 15 | But before she could set off the next day , the hospital telephoned with bad news . |
| 16 | I mean , by the time you 'd set off walking you could set off at eleven and walk there till twelve go in there till two then you |
| 17 | He was very different from the dour young man who 'd set off all those years ago . |
| 18 | She 'd set off at 2pm from TV-am , where she 'd been working since 8am on The Wide Awake Club . |
| 19 | As she 'd set off down the drive her one thought had been that perhaps it was n't too late . |
| 20 | I mean , by the time you 'd set off walking you could set off at eleven and walk there till twelve go in there till two then you |
| 21 | I 'd I 'd set off watery moves it must be I 'd set |
| 22 | Weighed down by a burden of ‘ domestic Sorrows & external disappointments ’ that threatened to overwhelm him , he turned once again to Tom Poole — ‘ my dear , very dear Friend ’ — and on about 15 May set off in the carrier 's van for Stowey . |
| 23 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 24 | But coming here has made me realize how much time has passed since , as a small boy , we used to set off for dinners and functions . |
| 25 | It was as if she was n't married ; just as it had been before , going to bed in her pink and white room , setting off for the ‘ Craft Basket ’ at half-past eight in the morning , just as she used to set off for school , home by five thirty , tea , telly , and some needlework to keep herself occupied . |
| 26 | In 1954 I was eight and every Saturday morning I would set off to the movies with my first boyfriend , ten year old Skippy . |
| 27 | On a good day , eggs in their pockets , they would set off knowing the silver screen was theirs . |
| 28 | To escape the posse of photographers and television crews that were always lying in wait , they would set off at high speed along treacherous tracks , with Europe 's press in hot pursuit . |
| 29 | The enormous park was a source of delight to most visitors — though not all — for sometimes the Empress , an indefatigable walker , would set off with a group of people to tramp through the grounds , occasionally going part of the way in a carriage . |
| 30 | The spraying boat , affectionately known as the ‘ Black Pig ’ , would set off on its regular journey up the river without any adjustment on the spraying nozzle . |