Example sentences of "[pers pn] set off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 2 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 3 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 4 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 7 | 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 … |
| 8 | With no further words , she set off across the wide lawns of the De Belving gardens , scattering a couple of sleepy peacocks as she went . |
| 9 | She set off across the rough turf towards the low hill brow ahead . |
| 10 | Then she set off across the shimmering grass , towards the dank , smelly , but mercifully cool ‘ Ladies ’ . |
| 11 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 12 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 13 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 14 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 15 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 16 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | but we , we set off in a big building , well a building about four times the size of this these houses and it was all sheet steel wrapped in polythene packages |
| 19 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 20 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 21 | They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat . |
| 22 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 23 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
| 24 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 25 | In Siam , Thomson teamed up with a journalist called Kennedy , and , together with a large entourage , they set off on a perilous journey to Cambodia . |
| 26 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 27 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 28 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 29 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 30 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |