Example sentences of "[noun] set off [prep] " 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 | Its devotees felt badly let down by an earlier boom set off by ‘ Urban Cowboy ’ , a 1980 film starring John Travolta . |
| 3 | As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders . |
| 4 | OOam on a crisp Spring morning , 2O staff from Wallington set off on a 46 mile sponsored bike ride from Wallington to Brighton . |
| 5 | The 106 entrants in the gruelling marathon set off from London on a route which took them through Europe to Turkey in classic cars ranging from a Ford Cortina to a Russian Moskvitch , all at least 25 years old . |
| 6 | Ten days later , at eight-thirty in the morning of Wednesday , 22nd January , Robyn Penrose set off in a snowstorm and an ill humour to begin her stint as the University of Rummidge Faculty of Arts Industry Year Shadow , or URFAIYS as she was designated in memoranda emanating from the Vice-Chancellor 's Office . |
| 7 | West Indies soon lost Haynes , but Richards , on his home ground , and Greenidge set off at an explosive pace with 45 off the first seven overs . |
| 8 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 9 | Aware that it would be difficult and dangerous for the Hurricanes to attempt to land back aboard , Sabey set off towards Malta , hoping to meet one of the aircraft despatched from the island to lead in any lost aircraft , before their fuel ran out . |
| 10 | With British pop music once again in the ascendant , Richard Branson set off to America to sell Virgin artists , with an optimism that almost banished the memory of his company 's disastrous American adventure of two years before . |
| 11 | When she had eaten , Ruth set off for Dudley House . |
| 12 | But it was precisely Gould 's unshakeable commonsense , which Havell had so reviled , that was beginning to antagonise the rival American camp , and it was with exasperation that they watched Gould set off for Europe on a reconnoitring trip for his second publication . |
| 13 | On 17 June Gould set off with Sturt across the Mount Lofty range towards the Murray River . |
| 14 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 15 | Incidentally , they 'd lost him — the coach set off without him in the end . ’ |
| 16 | Pointer set off through the trees with a loping stride . |
| 17 | The most geologically interesting and romantically appealing of the three islands is Niuafo'ou , a sunken volcanic caldera set off to the west . |
| 18 | An opportunity for escape occurred shortly afterwards when she and Wordsworth set off on a walking tour into the Wye Valley . |
| 19 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 20 | With this thought in mind , Loretta set off for Paddington . |
| 21 | Loaded with 1.7 tons of highly toxic plutonium , the Japanese freighter Akatsuki Maru set off from Cherbourg , France , on 7 November to return to Japan . |
| 22 | In July 1816 Sewell set off for Vienna , Berlin and Hanover . |
| 23 | With her milky complexion set off by chestnut hair the artists nicknamed her ‘ coconut ’ . |
| 24 | The helicopter and a standby vessel spotted a flare set off by the crew and stayed in the vicinity until the men were winched to safety by an RAF helicopter . |
| 25 | Joy and Alan set off on one of their marathon walks , this time a coast-to-coast sponsored effort to raise money for our local church , one of the oldest in North Wales . |
| 26 | The sky was cloudy when Giles set off after an early breakfast . |
| 27 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 28 | Hawkbit was the last to return and as he came up Hazel set off at once . |
| 29 | The little group set off with Alf and Jimmy pushing wheelchairs and as they approached the funfair Rachel threw Sybil a curious glance . |
| 30 | The Burleigh group set off from London on Friday morning and they 're hoping their efforts have raised up to a million pounds for the 2 hospitals . |