Example sentences of "set off back [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And thus it was that when the day shift set off back to the Barracks that evening , Jackie Tiptoe remained behind , suspended from the ceiling like a crooked spider snarled up in its own web . |
| 2 | The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café . |
| 3 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 4 | When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie . |
| 5 | We packed up all our kit again and set off back to Orange , across the frozen landscape of southern France , which was having one of the coldest winters in living memory . |
| 6 | Then they lifted the wide metal pans of washing on to their heads and set off back to their villages , erect along white lanes , their clothes a bright flash of colour in the green landscape . |
| 7 | Then she set off back to the library . |
| 8 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 9 | Lina waved cheerfully , as she set off back to the village of Santa Barbara . |
| 10 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |
| 11 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll be as quick as I can , ’ he said to Bernice and set off back down the passageway with Rosheen . |
| 13 | Then he got off and set off back towards Slough . |