Example sentences of "he set off [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He set off along the side of the building . |
| 3 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 4 | As his lad let him go , he set off towards the start flat out with his mouth open and his nose in the air . |
| 5 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |
| 6 | He set off towards the canal , leaving Robbie — as usual , she fumed — to scurry after him . |
| 7 | So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry . |
| 8 | He set off across the marble lake at a canter , with Helen panting behind . |
| 9 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 10 | Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago . |
| 11 | Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more . |
| 12 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 13 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 14 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |
| 15 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he set off down the corridor . |
| 16 | He set off down the slope . |
| 17 | The lock snapped into place behind him , and he set off down the hill towards his car . |
| 18 | He set off into the fog to find out where he was , and came back to find Tess fast asleep . |
| 19 | His game-plan ensured , he set off into the advertising world , swiftly rising from accounts like Oxfam , Nescafé and the Government 's drink-and-drive campaign at Wasey Campbell- Ewald to Tinker and Partners , where he became deputy to Caroline Le Bas . |
| 20 | That summer I could only think he was mad as he set off around the town and I dozed in the dark heat and stillness of the garden . |