Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] towards " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still thought she should be keener , however , so I knocked yet another half an ounce off her flying weight , until she was so eager that she set off towards me virtually the moment she saw me putting on the glove . |
| 2 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 3 | She set off towards the junction to the left . |
| 4 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
| 5 | She set off towards what she imagined was the outer door , intending to walk in the open , but in a moment she had somehow lost herself in the maze of corridors . |
| 6 | And so we set off towards Tughlukabad , Balvinder doing his best to prove his point . |
| 7 | They set out towards the west , taking their direction from the sun , but the density of thorn thickets constantly drove them from their line . |
| 8 | Taking his towelling bath robe out of his suitcase and one of the rugs from the back of the car , they set off towards the cliff . |
| 9 | After hearing pro-Yeltsin and anti-Gorbachev speeches they set off towards the Kremlin down Tverskaya ( formerly Gorky Street ) , Moscow 's main thoroughfare . |
| 10 | ‘ Not that I had any doubts on the score , ’ Penry assured her as they set off towards Haverfordwest . |
| 11 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 12 | He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea . |
| 13 | He set off towards the buses . |
| 14 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 15 | As his lad let him go , he set off towards the start flat out with his mouth open and his nose in the air . |
| 16 | With supporters opposed to the Douglas braggarts he set off towards Tantallon castle , where Angus had precipitately fled on learning that the king was loose and in vengeful mood . |
| 17 | He set off towards the canal , leaving Robbie — as usual , she fumed — to scurry after him . |
| 18 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |