Example sentences of "to set off [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , if you want to set off with road map and cheque book , then get the new editions of the Factory Shop Guide . |
| 2 | Little did Jean realise it , as she prepared to set off to church at Caterham , Surrey , for the funeral of her lifetime partner and soulmate , but the first clue to his free-spending secret life had plopped through the letterbox that very morning . |
| 3 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 4 | It was as if she was n't married ; just as it had been before , going to bed in her pink and white room , setting off for the ‘ Craft Basket ’ at half-past eight in the morning , just as she used to set off for school , home by five thirty , tea , telly , and some needlework to keep herself occupied . |
| 5 | Anxious not to interrupt Veronica 's Sunday lunch , Loretta waited until three to set off for Hallborough . |