Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fiona and I set off from Fulham in our car at about 9 a.m . |
| 2 | I set off from Beirut for Jerusalem in the late autumn of 1980 ; and the moment I entered Rafi Horowitz 's office in Jerusalem , I realised that I had set myself no easy assignment . |
| 3 | For the sake of brevity , and because the point is clear , I quote again from Cross on Evidence , at pp. 423–424 : |
| 4 | A bit more promising , it traces the possessors of Newton — Colonels , and Lords , and then the Thomson connection , but this I glean only from Nairn in Darkness and Light : ‘ In 1887 Newton was acquired by R. B. Finlay , Q.C . ’ : |
| 5 | ‘ When I come home from work on Friday evenings the kids take over , ’ explains Michael . |
| 6 | In so doing I depart somewhat from studies of working-class involvement in the formal political sphere during the twentieth century . |