Example sentences of "[noun pl] and set off [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate .
2 But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard .
3 Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address .
4 While the creature sought height for another sweep Hrun scrambled to his feet and set off at a dead run for the woods at the edge of the arena .
5 Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river .
6 So we gritted our teeth and set off along the Pyg-motorway past the army 's blasted and unforgivable folly , writhing and frothing and swearing and laughing aghast — the vapours thickening the while , so that when we looked down from Bwlch Moch , Llydaw was rimless , leaden obscurity and our hair mist-beaded like grizzled Rastafarians .
7 Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors .
8 Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects .
9 Fortified for a final fight , we stuffed everything into our sacks and set off on the laborious slog back up Coire Raibeirt for a buffeted race against darkness over the plateau and down to the vast , eerily deserted car park .
10 We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse .
11 He bundled her down the stairs and set off through the rain at a cracking pace .
12 They left Margot to look after the children and set off in the car , heading for Gallanach .
13 Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again .
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