Example sentences of "set off [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we set off bravely in our four-inchers , risking life , limb and hoots of European laughter , while the Italians stride through the sunbeds in the ultimate pair of flat sandals . |
| 2 | These Odonata may never have been on Earth before , but they circled the Nuria II in an assured way and then set off northwards towards Australia with leisurely beats of their wings . |
| 3 | So they packed up some pears and pineapples — set off well before the light hours |
| 4 | He refused , so after a visit to the General Hospital , almost empty of patients and deserted by Burmese staff , with the remaining civilian doctors and sisters about to leave , I set off sadly with several stragglers and drove through the night to Prome . |
| 5 | Lockhart 's flight became lost and returned to the carrier , then set off again with two hours ' fuel already gone . |
| 6 | After a walk back to the inn and a half-hour wait , they set off again for Bath , very much relieved that matters had not been worse . |
| 7 | ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet . |
| 8 | They set off again at a stately pace . |
| 9 | We set off again along the gravel paths . |
| 10 | George climbed back on board and closed the doors , and presently we set off again to our last stop before Winnipeg . |
| 11 | The three men set off again in the Sunbeam , touring the stores of Ruislip and Eastcote , making purchases with their newly acquired Barclaycard . |
| 12 | TWO Britons set off yesterday on the first trans-atlantic hot-air balloon race . |
| 13 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
| 14 | We set off early from Gemiler Island , the anchorage closest to their northern end , where we had anchored in perfect shelter , hunting lizards and mosaics in a labyrinth of Byzantine ruins . |
| 15 | Plan B meant no plan , however , and having none we were free to react to whims , needing no more than this first glimpse for the wheels to set themselves in motion as we set off down for tea . |
| 16 | Although the house in which Eric was now hidden was an isolated one , we could n't exclude the possibility of a German search , so I set off there on my bicycle while the Germans were still questioning people . |
| 17 | He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage . |
| 18 | They set off back to Nettles . |
| 19 | I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened . |
| 20 | As we set off back to London , Toby opened his parcel . |
| 21 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 22 | An hour later we set off back for lunch , planning to bring back Penny in the evening when we 'd have another go with the rods and , of course , lift the nets . |
| 23 | Tony finished his work and we set off back towards the sea . |