Example sentences of "set off in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been easier to set off in the daylight but it was n't possible . |
| 2 | If you are up so bright and early we will be able to set off in very good time . ’ |
| 3 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 4 | We set off in file moving along a narrow gauge railway in pitch darkness I was trying desperately to keep in contact with the Frenchman in front of me and cursing him when he stopped suddenly , causing me to bang my face on his rucksack . |
| 5 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 6 | Eventually , after one false start , when Edward assumed ( wrongly ) that Helen would not come , they set off in late November '95 for a short walk to Wimbledon , followed four days later by a trip to Croydon . |
| 7 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 8 | Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . |
| 9 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 10 | Disapproval turned to horror when both boys set off in their Mirages for the Falklands . |
| 11 | From Scotland Yard , Nigel Cramer and six officers set off in two patrol cars , their sirens howling up Whitehall and down the Mall to pick up Park Lane and the road north out of London . |
| 12 | Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town . |
| 13 | The men set off in fear and trepidation , singing and whistling to bolster their courage . |
| 14 | ANGRY building bosses set off in a ‘ battle bus ’ yesterday — to confront Ministers at the Tory conference and demand action . |
| 15 | TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving . |
| 16 | But they set off in April — and forgot to tell the town hall . |
| 17 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 18 | We all set off in the car to see a lawyer . |
| 19 | When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar . |
| 20 | As Armstrong was riding homewards along the river bank at the end of the session , a group of English horsemen set off in pursuit , captured him , and bore him off to imprisonment in Carlisle castle . |
| 21 | When people set off in a boat to prove whether the Earth was round , they did not fall off so that proves that the Earth is flat , but people just say it is round . |
| 22 | We set off in my Toyota down the now familiar road , past the police Training Centre , where motorcycling policemen were once taught to do multiple handstands on BSA motorcycles , past the Firewood project , a scheme to plant a fast-growing species of tree , now abandoned , down the long , straight , rutted road lined with workshops , past the ruined dairy farm , past more shacks which are alive with banana sellers , wood choppers , and maize roasters . |
| 23 | I set off in pursuit . |
| 24 | Miss Logan made indeterminate gestures to the priest , then set off in pursuit of her employer . |
| 25 | His decrepitude — the historically stained clothes , that dangle of egg-white slobber from the chin — set off in me a general adolescent anger against life and its inevitable valedictory condition ; a feeling which smoothly translated itself into hatred of the person undergoing that condition . |
| 26 | We set off in an open 15-cwt. truck with an Italian driver who had also been a soldier , two Schmeisser machine pistols and a lot of ammunition ; the mountains at that time were infested with bandits , some of whom were Allied and Axis deserters . |
| 27 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 28 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 29 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 30 | On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island . |