Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv] up the " in BNC.
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1 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
2 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
3 | I set off up the stairs . |
4 | They set out up the hillside , going slowly , picking their way from one bush and tussock to another and pausing continually to sniff and stare along the great expanse of grass , which stretched on either side as far as they could see . |
5 | Before they set off up the beach , both bared white teeth in sudden , violent smiles . |