Example sentences of "setting off [prep] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Pope , a conservative whose grip on the reins of power has never been firmer , is setting off on a tour of the Far East on Friday .
2 MOST of Europe 's unmarried royals are setting off on a cruise on Norway 's fjords next week , giving hopes for at least one blue-blooded romance .
3 After a couple of moves I gained the crest of this and draped a big sling over its tip before setting off on a journey of discovery down the other side of the offending obstacle .
4 But in August , just before setting off for a month in Switzerland , he still hoped to have finished a draft of the third act by the end of the year .
5 The man giggled — a horrible noise — before setting off for the curtain at the back of the room .
6 The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare .
7 He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure .
8 We banged off the last roll of film recording our epic journey of discovery before setting off in the direction of Charles de Gaulle Airport .
9 Oh it would have been half as small , and she used to tell us grand stories with them setting off in the morning with their a bottle of milk and their , it 's like a pi with them , to keep the fire going to keep them warm and everything .
10 Setting off around the corner after negotiating the flake on Valkyrie .
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