Example sentences of "sets off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soft surrounding planting sets off spiky , yellow-bloomed bog irises |
| 2 | And so he sets off on foot , aiming nowhere . |
| 3 | ‘ The average train may leave 10 minutes late , but it has been proved that the average car journey sets off at least 40 minutes after the announced time . ’ |
| 4 | The bass drum beats and the parade sets off as one to march twice past the Inspecting Officer . |
| 5 | The train sets off , and soon we are racing past the majestic façade of Romford station , gleaming out like Caesar 's Palace in the Nevada Desert that is the Essex countryside . |
| 6 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 7 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
| 8 | It is a three-day journey to the land of Moriah , yet he cuts the wood for Isaac 's funeral pyre before he sets off , and takes it all the way with him . |
| 9 | He carries with him from childhood an unconscious guilt for his little sister 's death in a freak accident , a death which sets off a series of revenge killings . |
| 10 | But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm . |
| 11 | One scenario , ‘ Anger the Americans , ’ sets off a cowboy firing his six-shooter , while ‘ Rile the Japanese ’ features a samurai with his sword . |
| 12 | Similarly , reception of certain stimuli , usually by specialized neuronal receptors , sets off appropriate responses to the appearance of food , a predator , or a potential mate . |
| 13 | Class V2 60815 sets off from Victoria for the south in about 1950 . |
| 14 | He hitch-hikes to San Francisco , lives briefly in a commune , and then sets off on a journey with two of its members , Lockett and Meridith . |
| 15 | When even the milkmen and the postmen are not on the streets , he sets off for his daily three hour run , then swims for an hour before finally starting his day 's work as a leather goods salesman . |
| 16 | Seeking retribution — an unwilling Williams sets off to get them back — but must first prove to The Lost Boys ( who now ride skateboards ! ) and to himself , that he is Peter Pan . |
| 17 | Lots of fun and excitement as Henry 's Cat sets off on a trip to Treasure Island |
| 18 | After resting for a while , it suddenly gets up , looks around and then sets off on one of its mad dashes . |
| 19 | The village cat owner sets off from home and finds the pet cat tagging along . |
| 20 | The human mind is usually so active that it sets off a number of ‘ what if ? ’ speculations and ‘ is that really so ? ’ evaluations under the stimulation of the text . |
| 21 | Then , from U hu , someone else sets off for Lāmri and for Lorpa . |
| 22 | One person sets off across the pool facing away from the children and says ‘ What 's the time Mr Shark ’ ? |
| 23 | When the person throws the ball , the batter hits it as far as possible and then sets off to run round the obstacle placed at right angles . |
| 24 | Once the nest is completed , the male sets off in search of a female . |
| 25 | Neural therapy aims at restoring the resting potential of depolarized cells by the injection of small amounts of local anaesthetic ( procaine or xylocaine ) which carries a charge of around + 290 mV , and this sets off a chain of events which aids the restoration of cellular function . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Thus each evening Silene bathes her white body in the ocean , then sets off across the skies to caress her sleeping lover . |
| 28 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 29 | THE Queen 's racehorse trainer Lord Huntingdon sets off in a horsebox for Bosnia today to deliver supplies to an isolated village . |
| 30 | This short call sets off a chain reaction of events . |