Example sentences of "[noun] we set [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 2 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 3 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 4 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |
| 5 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 6 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 7 | Soon after breakfast we set off into the jungle . |
| 8 | Our 1963 Herald 12/50 was keen to get going , and at the allotted time we set off through the Borders and towards North Yorkshire . |
| 9 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |