Example sentences of "[conj] they set off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 2 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 3 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 4 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 5 | Before they set off up the beach , both bared white teeth in sudden , violent smiles . |
| 6 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 7 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 8 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 9 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 10 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |