Example sentences of "and set off [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife . |
| 2 | In the late Sixties , Kasmin swallowed his pride and set off as a travelling salesman on behalf of the gallery to America , travelling the States with a bagful of transparencies , finding out who was interested in art from the local museums , and visiting people who did n't get to New York . |
| 3 | Not for the first time , Josh wondered how much use an aging and lame night watchman would be in an emergency , but he put this thought aside and set off on a tour of inspection . |
| 4 | The boy dropped the halter he was holding and set off at a run through the gateway and towards the big house . |
| 5 | Petion nodded and set off at a trot . |
| 6 | Hrun slung the unconscious dragonlord over his shoulder and set off at a trot back to the arena . |
| 7 | At last he turned north again , his dog still running at his heels , and set off to a village just outside London . |