Example sentences of "[noun] set off [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO Britons set off yesterday on the first trans-atlantic hot-air balloon race . |
| 2 | A cautious opening in New York produced a further round of price-cutting in the afternoon and , with investors setting off early for the Easter break , the Footsie drifted in to a 2638.6 point close , down 1.6 on the day . |
| 3 | ‘ Messrs. Gould and Gunn set off to-day to the head of the [ Recherche ] Bay to a plain , which appears to run up many miles into the country the hill called South Cape , which presents towards the bay a steep and particularly denuded surface … |
| 4 | The three men set off again in the Sunbeam , touring the stores of Ruislip and Eastcote , making purchases with their newly acquired Barclaycard . |
| 5 | Mark set off downhill towards the Refuge d'Argentiere , 500 metres below us . |
| 6 | The party set off downstream along the river bank and Rostov concentrated on making it look as if he had been riding bareback all his life . |