Example sentences of "[num] [pers pn] set off " in BNC.
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1 | In 1867 he set off again , this time for Vietnam , and from there to Hong Kong . |
2 | In 1930 she set off on her first solo long distance flight and broke the record from England to Australia . |
3 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |
4 | Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . |
5 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
6 | On 21 April 1982 he set off from Calcutta with a ticket , one dollar and a bicycle . |