Example sentences of "[pron] set off [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 2 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 3 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 4 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 5 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
| 6 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 7 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 8 | but we , we set off in a big building , well a building about four times the size of this these houses and it was all sheet steel wrapped in polythene packages |
| 9 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 10 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
| 11 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 12 | In Siam , Thomson teamed up with a journalist called Kennedy , and , together with a large entourage , they set off on a perilous journey to Cambodia . |
| 13 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 14 | But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm . |
| 15 | He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo . |
| 16 | He set off at a brisk walk . |
| 17 | He set off at a fast lope , leaving her amazed that he still had enough energy to move so quickly , but also puzzled . |
| 18 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 19 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |