Example sentences of "[pers pn] set off [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | After a second teatime breakfast in a café , I set off without delay for Kenny 's Bookshop . |
2 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
3 | I set off to Khan Market to buy something for my headache , only to find the roads were clogged with white Ambassadors dressed up as Christmas trees . |
4 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
5 | And so it came to pass that when we broke up for the summer holidays in 1941 , I set off on my bike to the farmer 's new settlement . |
6 | A British supporter thrust a Union Jack into my hand and I set off on my lap of honour , the first British sprinter to win the title in forty years , the first black man ever to win it . |
7 | ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday . |
8 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
9 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
10 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
11 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
12 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
13 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
14 | I set off for Duxford cursing . |
15 | After dropping Martin and Lucy off at Vidlin , I set off for home . |
16 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
17 | ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport . |
18 | Everyone knows that in fact you can get organised — so — leaving the family , animals and business I set off for Avery Hill College . |
19 | And so I set off across the field . |
20 | As a birthday celebration some time ago , I set off with a companion to conquer the two more accessible ones , Sgurr Thuilm and Sgurr nan Coireachan . |
21 | I was instructed to leave my prejudices behind and simply concentrate on having a good time , so I set off with that one idea in mind . |
22 | With the drinks set out and the food at the ready , I set off with Caroline , who had arrived from Denmark the night before . |
23 | Armed with buckets , nets and battery airpumps , I set off with two willing helpers aged nine and eleven to the seaside . |
24 | Val and I set off with intentions to watch the jumps , but the Skippers road to the bridge is specifically excluded from motor insurance policies and when we saw it , we understood why ; it 's a dirt track along a precipice . |
25 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
26 | I set off at 5 am but those Sussex lanes are pitch dark , and hilly ! |
27 | The farmer 's wife has kindly pressed my kilt and I set off into town with a small group of Commandos , all of us determined to enjoy ourselves , and , of course , to sort out the local French girls . |
28 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
29 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
30 | I set off up the stairs . |