Example sentences of "[coord] set off a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finds himself calling upon the Government to use its powers to stop or sink Christopher Columbus 's expedition before it reaches America , and sets off a chain of events disastrous to the ecology of two continents . |
| 2 | She sets a trap and sets off a series of events that entangle household , family and friends . |
| 3 | But she sets a trap and sets off a series of events that entangle household , family and friends . |
| 4 | But that performance and the world record before the war inspired one young spectator at the White City , Roger Bannister , who was to run the first four-minute mile nine years later , and set off a string of British world record breakers , Derek Ibbotson , Sebastian Coe , Steve Ovett and Steve Cram . |
| 5 | Cuban refugees , trained by the Americans , were to invade the island and set off a spontaneous rising of the Cuban people against Castro . |