Example sentences of "setting [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is a forecast of much more rapid and pronounced warming of the globe than has previously been thought likely , setting in by the end of the present decade . |
| 2 | The man giggled — a horrible noise — before setting off for the curtain at the back of the room . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Setting off around the corner after negotiating the flake on Valkyrie . |
| 8 | Buffy was a young man at the time , just setting out on the journey of life , if you know what I mean . |
| 9 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |
| 10 | Thirteen ships , led by two of Earl Siward 's , continued north past the estuary and were last seen setting round for the mouth of the Tay . |