Example sentences of "set off in the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us .
2 Sandison waited for one minute and then also left , setting off in the opposite direction from Maidstone .
3 On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction .
4 The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain .
5 He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction .
6 Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione .
7 He also sped off across Dartmoor in search of Tamara but , totally confused , after running wildly around , set off in the wrong direction , heading north between gently wooded hills to reach the Atlantic .
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