Example sentences of "set off on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It happened shortly after 500 athletes set off on the Rowntree Athletic Club 's 10-mile road race at the weekend . |
| 2 | THIS MORNING at 7am , 1,250 pairs of arms will churn the warm blue water of the Pacific into foam as the competitors set off on the first , swimming stage of the 11th Ironman Triathlon on and around the little resort of Kailua-Kona here . |
| 3 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 4 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 5 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 6 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 7 | I went home to the cottage , had an early supper , then set off on the walk to the post office . |
| 8 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 9 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |
| 10 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 11 | 156 cars set off on the rally on Sunday . |
| 12 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |