Example sentences of "to set off [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay there trying to square what I heard with the new enthusiasm derived from Edward and Laura , for I 'd left the Lodge around two in the morning , ready to set off with them the next day in search of the horizon . |
| 2 | Well , if you 're about to set off for your Easter weekend , do take care on the roads . |
| 3 | After my four days Ken was to set off on his own curtailed family holiday . |
| 4 | A month later , just before he was about to set off on his journey ‘ into the interior by way of Namoi , Gould wrote to Sir John Franklin in Hobart of his progress so far : ‘ After spending a fortnight in the lowland brushes I proceeded to the upper districts and the Liverpool ranges whence I have just returned having made several discoveries of new species both of Birds and Quadrupeds , of the latter I believe I have two new kinds of Kangaroo . ’ |
| 5 | Gerald plans to set off on his trip in December . |