Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] setting off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five hours after setting off , they knew their bid was futile . |
| 2 | A yachtsman has been reunited with his wife — five months after setting off on a voyage which should have lasted just four weeks . |
| 3 | Dismissing the irritating Leo from her mind , she ran lightly upstairs to collect a thick sweater and to pull on heavy shoes before setting off across the boggy field behind the cottage towards the bend in the river . |
| 4 | TEN athletes from Cornwall are hoping to complete an interrupted run from John o' Groats to Land 's End — 13 years after setting off . |
| 5 | Pat will ‘ kick off ’ proceedings on the day at 1.15pm when he launches 1 , balloons before setting off on a fun walk with everyone who has come along . |
| 6 | But at least the enforced postponement saved the Germans from setting off yet another attack at half-cock . |
| 7 | The Doctor had watched the fight , without interest , for only a few minutes before setting off once again into the surrounding forest of knotted shapes . |
| 8 | The construction of separate cycle tracks along both sides of the road along the entire route was the major feature of these projects , but they were augmented b.y reconstructing junctions , provision of shelters for the use of schoolchildren waiting for friends before setting off , and so forth ( Figure 9.8 ) . |
| 9 | Henry had set his house in order but had no thoughts about setting off on crusade . |
| 10 | Within moments of setting off , she was lost from view , swallowed up in the white mist . |
| 11 | Within the gate of what is now the Bank of Scotland 's premises in Jedburgh is preserved a ‘ Loupin'-on Stane ’ from which they used to mount their horses before setting off . |