Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] set off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But presently the crowd loosened into smaller groups and a good many people went off into the village or set off for outlying farms . |
| 2 | Tuppe and Cornelius followed the pointing fingers and set off in different directions . |
| 3 | As England discovered in 1986 when they performed so lamentably at the international sevens tournaments in Sydney , it is just not possible to turn round a few weeks before an event and pick up a team and set off with any expectation of success . |
| 4 | The gill is easy walking and leads up on to Crag Hill , which is near my home in the Dales , so one day , throwing work to one side , I cadged a lift down Barbondale to Blind Beck Bridge and set off in bright sunshine up the track to Bullpot Farm and Bull pot of the Witches . |
| 5 | Under the Income and Corporation Taxes Act ( TA ) 1988 , s343 , if certain conditions are satisfied , the tax losses of a trade can be transferred to a new company and set off against future profits of the same trade if conducted by the receiving company . |