Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He set off cheerfully for a final phase in Worcestershire , saying complacently , ‘ I do n't want any bands here when I come back . ’ |
| 2 | Joseph lunged toward it , but the sight of him terrorized the gibbon further , and it set off frantically towards the only visible refuge . |
| 3 | FORMER Beirut hostage Brian Keenan and his beautiful blonde wife , Audrey Doyle , set off today for a secret honeymoon destination . |
| 4 | Vite ! " he yelled , clapping his hands , and the coolie set off instantly at a frantic gallop along the boulevard . |
| 5 | The ‘ speeder set off again with a renewed sense of purpose . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Lord Hesketh , the chief whip in the Lords , also went for flower power in the form of a pink carnation set off nicely by a red bow tie and cream shirt . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In his lunch breaks Doisneau pored over books on photography , and at weekends he set off alone with a heavy wooden camera and tripod to capture the first of the ‘ personal ’ photographs that would be the basis of his life 's work . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In May , it opened a new petrol station in Hungary , to add to the 15 set up there in the early 1970s . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Each time he scrambled out , took a short rest , and set out again for the next refuge . |