Example sentences of "set off [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
2 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
3 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
4 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
5 | set off before the last grunt of the dinosaurs |
6 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
7 | This is the life down on the Copacobana beach in Rio … sun shining … waves crashing in on the sand … and its here that Liz Macdonald from Gloucester is setting off on the second leg of the British Steel Challenge … she 's on board the Nuclear Electric yacht … from Rio they round Cape Horn and head for Hobart … they 'll be racing for six weeks … |
8 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
9 | At the same time , on the other side of the range , Christophe Moulin , a 33-year-old guide from Briancon , set off for the first solo ascent ( and incidentally the first repeat ) of Jean-Marc Boivin 's Ballade Au Clair du Lune : a hooks-and-copperheads A4 on the south face of the Fou . |
10 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |
11 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |