Example sentences of "as [pers pn] set off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 2 | This time Sausage accompanied her , and as she set off with the the two small boys and their three dogs , Korah , Dathan and Abiram , she reflected that they must look rather like a circus . |
| 3 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
| 4 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 5 | There was nothing more to see in Main Street except the eternal fascination of boats bobbing in water as we set off past the ship 's chandler — and behind , as casually as an oak or a beech tree in England , dozens of the orange trees which had given the town of Anani its name . |
| 6 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 7 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 8 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 9 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he set off down the corridor . |
| 11 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |
| 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 | 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 . |