Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] set off " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast the tax charge increased in the UK , mainly becuase of the inability to set off UK losses outside the ring-fence against ring-fenced North Sea income . |
| 2 | It was another sunny morning and I took the opportunity to set off with Singi , our assistant sirdar , for a shapely rock peak rising above the campsite and offering the prospect of an interesting climb and a good viewpoint . |
| 3 | Vite ! " he yelled , clapping his hands , and the coolie set off instantly at a frantic gallop along the boulevard . |
| 4 | Section 53(1) allows the buyer to set off damages due to him for breach of warranty against the price he owes the seller . |
| 5 | Once the nest is completed , the male sets off in search of a female . |
| 6 | The car sets off in a series of lurches across the gravel , for a moment blotting out , or perhaps silencing , the night life . |
| 7 | Young Julian was at kerbside when the car set off and David Campese asked him if he wanted a ride . |
| 8 | But this is an illusion ; and as the boat sets off again , we return to our normal activity : scurrying from one telescope to another , seeing the sharpness fade in one , waiting for the blur to clear in another . |
| 9 | The boat sets off . |
| 10 | Incidentally , they 'd lost him — the coach set off without him in the end . ’ |
| 11 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 12 | The sun was setting as the rector set off homeward . |
| 13 | The bass drum beats and the parade sets off as one to march twice past the Inspecting Officer . |
| 14 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 15 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 16 | The bearer set off along the wide , dusty street . |
| 17 | The lorry set off with Chopper Harris and Frankie Albright sitting on the floor of the lorry , their arms resting on the top of the tailboard . |
| 18 | The procession set off , first to the church at Canteleu , then to the Cimetière Monumental , where the picket of soldiers fired its ludicrous gloss on the last line of Madame Bovary . |
| 19 | At a slightly uneven stagger the coffin set off down the aisle . |
| 20 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
| 21 | The train sets off , and soon we are racing past the majestic façade of Romford station , gleaming out like Caesar 's Palace in the Nevada Desert that is the Essex countryside . |
| 22 | As Patricia Monahan says ‘ oil-painting should be a journey of exploration and pleasure ’ , adding that ‘ the artist sets off in a particular direction but ends up somewhere else . ’ |
| 23 | Undaunted the helicopter crew managed to recover the remaining survivors in very difficult conditions , and will all four survivors aboard the helicopter the remaining tow line was cut and the lifeboat set off to the north east to return to her station . |
| 24 | Well if one of those flats is for you , here 's just the thing to set off the view from the window . |
| 25 | The Doctor set off down the slope . |
| 26 | A twisting road led down into the bushes , and the Doctor set off down it . |
| 27 | Pausing a moment to work out the best route , the Doctor set off to find a stair leading down . |
| 28 | The proposal of marriage proffered and accepted , the couple set off in style . |
| 29 | They turned their captives loose and , with their bottles full once again , the patrol set off , marching for a further two days . |
| 30 | Rivers was warmly received by the dukes , but was arrested early the next morning before the party set off to join the prince . |