Example sentences of "set off in " in BNC.
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| 31 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 32 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 33 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 34 | NICK FALDO and Tom Kite , the reigning Open champions on both sides of the Atlantic , will meet ‘ head to head ’ when they set off in pursuit of the second major title of the golfing year in the US Open on Thursday . |
| 35 | We set off in the sunshine and quickly reached Snake Pass |
| 36 | Weighed down by a burden of ‘ domestic Sorrows & external disappointments ’ that threatened to overwhelm him , he turned once again to Tom Poole — ‘ my dear , very dear Friend ’ — and on about 15 May set off in the carrier 's van for Stowey . |
| 37 | Reinvigorated , he would set off in pursuit … |
| 38 | The knocker boys usually set off in groups of three or four , targeting a particular area that is likely to throw up worthwhile items . |
| 39 | When the biggest set of the day came through , well over thirty feet but still well-formed , Doerner , Foo , and Bradshaw all set off in pursuit . |
| 40 | The men immediately set off in one direction , scrambling down through the trees and undergrowth towards the subsidiary valley where the shot had sounded . |
| 41 | All this is set off in grandiose fashion by the wide pearl binding . |
| 42 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |
| 43 | Having set off in great style from Salzburg in their own carriage , they were now so impecunious that they were obliged to sell it before the frontier and go on by postchaise . |
| 44 | Even in Wales , where gloom and doom should have been the order of the next year or two , the clubs have set off in a style which has brought , instead , a nervous smile or two . |
| 45 | His work done , Nation collected his fee and promptly set off in search of other work , as did any other jobbing writer . |
| 46 | Domestic air flights were suspended on the receipt of bomb threats , four buses were fire-bombed and a small explosive device was set off in front of the CGT headquarters in Buenos Aires . |
| 47 | The man who , finding the doors of his grandfather 's house wide open and the jade missing from the cabinet , had set off in hot pursuit of her . |
| 48 | Once the nest is completed , the male sets off in search of a female . |
| 49 | The entire cast , in costume and make-up , sets off in a vintage bus at 10 a.m. on the traditional annual pilgrimage to the children 's hospital . |
| 50 | THE Queen 's racehorse trainer Lord Huntingdon sets off in a horsebox for Bosnia today to deliver supplies to an isolated village . |
| 51 | ‘ There 's no doubt about her getting the distance , but in this top grade it 's essential she sets off in front . ‘ |
| 52 | As Patricia Monahan says ‘ oil-painting should be a journey of exploration and pleasure ’ , adding that ‘ the artist sets off in a particular direction but ends up somewhere else . ’ |
| 53 | The car sets off in a series of lurches across the gravel , for a moment blotting out , or perhaps silencing , the night life . |
| 54 | A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels . |
| 55 | Sandison waited for one minute and then also left , setting off in the opposite direction from Maidstone . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |
| 59 | David Hempleman-Adams is setting off in search of the Geomagnetic North pole in April . |
| 60 | I do n't think it would 've bothered us when it was spitting and spotting if we 'd actually been out there , would it , it 's just setting off in it . |