Example sentences of "[conj] set [adv prt] down [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One thing is absolutely certain and that is nearly all the US companies that set out down the T.Q.M. route 10 years ago are still convinced they took the right decision . |
| 2 | Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river . |
| 3 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ said the Princess , and set off down the stairs at a spanking pace . |
| 4 | They left their luggage in the booking-office — which looked more like a chickencoop than anything else — and set off down the muddy track that the ancient porter had indicated . |
| 5 | Zak waved , retreated and set off down the corridor , flat-footed almost at once after his bounce in the dining car , and already with drooping shoulders consulting his notebook about what he needed to do next . |
| 6 | She turned and set off down the path leading to the river and the house . |
| 7 | She returned indoors to fetch stout shoes and anorak , tied a headscarf over her bobbed brown hair to stop it flying about in the wind , and set off down the lane . |
| 8 | When Hugh 's men had lifted Aldhelm 's body on to the litter , and set off down the path with it towards the Foregate , Tutilo fell in behind the sorry little procession like a mourner , and went silently step for step with them , his eyes still upon the shrouded body . |
| 9 | We struck camp next day and set off down the mountain on our way to the Webi Shebeli . |
| 10 | Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects . |
| 11 | The 1958 Cadillac Eldorado swept out from the garage and set off down the road from Cromcruach . |
| 12 | As soon as his hold slackened a shade she pulled free and set off down the stairs . |