Example sentences of "and set [adv prt] down [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river . |
2 | ‘ Nonsense , ’ said the Princess , and set off down the stairs at a spanking pace . |
3 | They left their luggage in the booking-office — which looked more like a chickencoop than anything else — and set off down the muddy track that the ancient porter had indicated . |
4 | Zak waved , retreated and set off down the corridor , flat-footed almost at once after his bounce in the dining car , and already with drooping shoulders consulting his notebook about what he needed to do next . |
5 | She turned and set off down the path leading to the river and the house . |
6 | She returned indoors to fetch stout shoes and anorak , tied a headscarf over her bobbed brown hair to stop it flying about in the wind , and set off down the lane . |
7 | When Hugh 's men had lifted Aldhelm 's body on to the litter , and set off down the path with it towards the Foregate , Tutilo fell in behind the sorry little procession like a mourner , and went silently step for step with them , his eyes still upon the shrouded body . |
8 | We struck camp next day and set off down the mountain on our way to the Webi Shebeli . |
9 | Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects . |
10 | The 1958 Cadillac Eldorado swept out from the garage and set off down the road from Cromcruach . |
11 | As soon as his hold slackened a shade she pulled free and set off down the stairs . |