Example sentences of "set [adv prt] along the " in BNC.
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1 | But at least they had the car and , forcing one of the Germans to drive , they set off along the coast road towards Mersa Brega . |
2 | He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were . |
3 | They set off along the coast of Venezuela and Colombia , south to Panama , past Costa Rica and Nicaragua , until finally they reached Honduras , their intended destination . |
4 | Set off along the road in cloud but the sun soon broke through . |
5 | Full of excited anticipation , she caught an overnight train , managed to get a taxi to turn out at the crack of dawn to take her to Morfa , then set out along the causeway to Brynteg . |
6 | If a stimulus is below a certain intensity , the threshold , no impulse is set off along the fibre . |
7 | Stones were also set up along the Great North Road in 1708 , but the first true milestone to be set up in Britain since Roman times was that at Trumpington , just outside Cambridge , in 1727 , where it is still to be seen . |
8 | Second , four more UDCs were set up along the lines of those in Liverpool and London . |
9 | The change in status means that control of the ancient woodlands is to be taken out of the hands of the Forestry Commission , who were opposed to the move , and a new governing body is to be set up along the lines of the Norfolk Broads Authority . |
10 | Outside the wicket gate he paused for a moment before setting off along the Backs in the direction of the town centre . |
11 | Scrambled eggs again , and coffee , then I made a thermos of tea , pushed that , with a packet of biscuits , into the pocket of my anorak , and set off along the cliff path . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | They took the goose between them and set off along the line that shone silver in the moonlight . |
14 | She dressed quickly , put on rubber boots and a waterproof , and set off along the footpath leading to Benbury Woods . |
15 | He set off along the side of the building . |
16 | The bearer set off along the wide , dusty street . |
17 | I decided it was time to look into the Bunker properly , and set off along the bank at a jog , swinging round the southernmost dune towards the old pillbox . |
18 | So the next morning at dawn the poor wife took her baby in her arms and set out along the shore . |
19 | Wycliffe set out along the road which was no more than a lane following the course of a shallow valley . |
20 | Then he set out along the path that the old man had shown him . |
21 | At two o'clock Wycliffe collected the dead man 's keys from the duty officer and set out along the wharf . |
22 | Undaunted by the rain , she set out along the causeway , feeling like a princess in a fairy-tale about to join her prince . |