Example sentences of "[noun] set off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having established himself at Ince , Killigrew set off for the busy mercantile town of Plymouth , where he soon fell in with a merchant , Tremayne , who had a daughter , Mary . |
| 2 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 3 | Rather later than planned Rain set off for the Old Mitre pub . |
| 4 | Although the old colours ranged widely and included deep or light red , blue , ‘ grizzle ’ and all-white , nearly all had white finching and white on the belly and face and early selection was made for the famous white face in contrast to a deep , rich red body colour set off by the white brisket , belly , legs , shoulder stripe and tail switch . |
| 5 | The bearer set off along the wide , dusty street . |
| 6 | The plan clears up the legal wrangles set off by the federal government 's decision in 1988 to sue the state government over water quality in the Everglades , but leaves unclear many of the details of the clean-up . |
| 7 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 8 | DALY , John : When rookie pro ‘ Long ’ John Daly set off for the 1991 US PGA Championship , he did n't even know whether he would get to play . |
| 9 | In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives . |
| 10 | Wilcock set off for the New World . |
| 11 | Patrick watched Chris setting off down the 10th and then cut across to the 11th green , which was quite close . |
| 12 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 13 | On Chuck 's order , the makeshift stretcher party set off with the two youngsters leading the way , Jim supporting the quietly sobbing Louise and lighting the way for those behind . |
| 14 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |
| 15 | So very early one morning when the wind was a moderate westerly and made northward progress easy , Creggan set off over the great industrial cities to find the high ground beyond them that he sensed would be there . |