Example sentences of "[adv] set off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chewing on her lip in thought , she finally set off towards the ten-gallon drums , reasoning that she might as well try to find out as much as possible while she was here , and run like hell when the time came . |
| 2 | She was eighteen and had never been out of England , yet she unhesitatingly set off for a remote and savage country in Africa . |
| 3 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |
| 4 | He simply set off with no further glance at her , and Jenna seethed . |
| 5 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 6 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 7 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 8 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 9 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 10 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 11 | He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were . |
| 12 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 13 | Despite the wear and tear of many a performance it 's still a cracking guitar , with its classically timeless shape beautifully set off by the tobacco-yellowed binding . |