Example sentences of "set [adv prt] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 2 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 3 | Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town . |
| 4 | As far as I know , there are only two still in existence : one , the U.505 , was captured by an American task force towards the end of the war , towed up the St Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago where a special cradle was built for it to cross the Lake Shore Drive and then set up in a little house of its own in the Museum of Science and Industry . |
| 5 | Set back in a quiet spot off the beaten track , the Hotel Olivi is close to the Grottoes of Catullus which are a must for visitors to this region . |
| 6 | He then set out in a violent storm and heavy snow for Fort William , where he hoped to take the oath in the presence of the local commander of government troops . |