Example sentences of "[noun prp] set off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Camus sets off into the night .
2 As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders .
3 Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building .
4 No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now .
5 Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson .
6 It was time for News on Sunday to set off on the trail of the people and organizations who had theorized about the prospects for a popular left-wing newspaper for so long .
7 After watching the train steam away with Christian waving from an open carriage window until he was out of sight , Carrie and Seb set off on the return journey in the gig .
8 Pretty certain this must be the man , Paige set off down the street , stopping every now and then to look in shop windows and cast surreptitious glances backwards .
9 Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first .
10 On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them .
11 We put our litter back into our rucksacks as all the bins were full to overflowing , and Elinor and Otley set off in the direction of Fair Hill where all the caravans were resting .
12 Goodnights were exchanged and George set off down the lane with Elizabeth , Sarah and their mother .
13 As the engine noise grew louder , Ashley set off across the grass .
14 Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory .
15 When , after some twenty minutes , the Inspector had failed to arrive , Golby set off in the direction from which he anticipated Drewitt would appear , after his meet with PC Shorter at the turnpike at Folly Crossroads .
16 The inhabitants of Stowey for their part were already passing judgement as Coleridge , Southey and Henry Poole set off on the road back to Shurton .
17 Peony set off to the chemist urgently .
18 Hoomey set off up the hill , half running , so relieved he could have cried .
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