Example sentences of "[noun sg] set off [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The car sets off in a series of lurches across the gravel , for a moment blotting out , or perhaps silencing , the night life . |
| 2 | Lots of fun and excitement as Henry 's Cat sets off on a trip to Treasure Island |
| 3 | This winter Koffmann has been reinterpreting Cabessal de lievre : instead of stuffing and braising the hare he lightly roasts the fillet and laps it in a deep spicy sauce grand veneur set off by a heap of nutty pates . |
| 4 | WHEN Tim Barranger and his wife set off on a shopping trip from their home in Ilkley , Yorkshire they asked the inspector on their train for the cheapest day-return ticket to Leeds . |
| 5 | Four children and their father set off on a bear hunt in high spirits , but by the time they 've forded a river , squelched through mud , survived a snowstorm and a wild wood to penetrate the bear 's dark cave , all they are capable of is running home again , with bear in hot pursuit . |
| 6 | This year his television career set off at a run with Aah Sean , a one hour documentary which offered a cock-eyed perspective on his Dublin youth . |