Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] set off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so when he set off for home the red bitch was with him , loping along by his side . |
| 2 | Their lack of routine means you can often encourage them to feed when you want them to — such as just before you set off on an outing . |
| 3 | As soon as they set off on separate duties , they both visibly relaxed . |
| 4 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 5 | Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission . |
| 6 | Yet when he set off on 20 September 1519 , with a royal mandate to search for a passage through to the Mar del Sur , and thus to determine for certain that the Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains , he had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to travel . |
| 7 | He shivered a little as he set off for home . |
| 8 | and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool . |