Example sentences of "set off [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Millions of pounds spent on satellite technology is wasted when people like me ignore Michael Fish yelling on television from behind some sandbags , ‘ For God 's sake take cover ! ’ as we set off to claim a Munro with a song in our hearts . |
| 2 | Amazingly , we arrived unscathed in Wenceslas Square and I set off to find the Čedok offices to arrange accommodation . |
| 3 | One morning we set off to find the primal mound where the world began . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |
| 5 | The following day we set off to walk the Clear Creek trail which winds along the Colorado river , following a high gritstone outcrop about 1,640′ above it . |
| 6 | He and Cooper then set off to get the other boat , which they discovered to their fury was also defective . |
| 7 | As they set off to cross a bridge already cordoned off as a prohibited area , the police hurriedly re-formed in front of them . |
| 8 | As our plans only allowed for one day on Mykines , we made the hølmur our main target , and after leaving our things in the empty house in which we had arranged to spend the night , we set off to follow the steep cliff path which leads to the bridge . |
| 9 | On the night of the attack , Jordan and Corporal Bourmont each with four men set off to raid the two airfields at Derna . |