Example sentences of "[pron] set off in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 2 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 3 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 4 | I set off in pursuit . |
| 5 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 6 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 7 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 8 | 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 … |
| 9 | We set off in file moving along a narrow gauge railway in pitch darkness I was trying desperately to keep in contact with the Frenchman in front of me and cursing him when he stopped suddenly , causing me to bang my face on his rucksack . |
| 10 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 11 | Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . |
| 12 | We set off in my Toyota down the now familiar road , past the police Training Centre , where motorcycling policemen were once taught to do multiple handstands on BSA motorcycles , past the Firewood project , a scheme to plant a fast-growing species of tree , now abandoned , down the long , straight , rutted road lined with workshops , past the ruined dairy farm , past more shacks which are alive with banana sellers , wood choppers , and maize roasters . |
| 13 | We set off in an open 15-cwt. truck with an Italian driver who had also been a soldier , two Schmeisser machine pistols and a lot of ammunition ; the mountains at that time were infested with bandits , some of whom were Allied and Axis deserters . |
| 14 | We set off in the sunshine and quickly reached Snake Pass |
| 15 | Eventually , after one false start , when Edward assumed ( wrongly ) that Helen would not come , they set off in late November '95 for a short walk to Wimbledon , followed four days later by a trip to Croydon . |
| 16 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 17 | TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving . |
| 18 | But they set off in April — and forgot to tell the town hall . |
| 19 | When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar . |
| 20 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 21 | NICK FALDO and Tom Kite , the reigning Open champions on both sides of the Atlantic , will meet ‘ head to head ’ when they set off in pursuit of the second major title of the golfing year in the US Open on Thursday . |