Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joseph lunged toward it , but the sight of him terrorized the gibbon further , and it set off frantically towards the only visible refuge . |
| 2 | Then they form up into single file with as many as fifty in a column , each animal touching the rear end of the one ahead with its stick-like antennae , and set off briskly across the sandy sea floor , heading for deeper water . |
| 3 | A fifty-pound bomb , planted in his fishing boat , exploded as he set off out of the little harbour of Mullaghmore to inspect lobster pots . |
| 4 | Meanwhile Saddam Hussein massed troops in northern Iraq in apparent preparation , said the United States , for an attack on the ‘ safe haven ’ set up there for the Iraqi Kurds . |
| 5 | In May , it opened a new petrol station in Hungary , to add to the 15 set up there in the early 1970s . |
| 6 | Party members can leave Britain , set up home on the other side of the world and retain their membership cards under Walworth Road 's overseas membership arrangements . |