Example sentences of "sets off [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Camus sets off into the night . |
2 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
3 | One person sets off across the pool facing away from the children and says ‘ What 's the time Mr Shark ’ ? |
4 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
5 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |
6 | A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels . |