Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I set off up the stairs . |
| 4 | But this morning , I must say , I found it quite offensive and it may well have been the urge to demonstrate just how foolish his insinuation had been that caused me to set off up the footpath . |
| 5 | She set off up the scarp , using juts and ledges as a diagonal staircase to take her on a course that would bring her close to Johannsen when they both reached the top of the incline . |
| 6 | They set out up the hillside , going slowly , picking their way from one bush and tussock to another and pausing continually to sniff and stare along the great expanse of grass , which stretched on either side as far as they could see . |
| 7 | Before they set off up the beach , both bared white teeth in sudden , violent smiles . |
| 8 | Two of us set off up the long path from Aberarder at the mind-bogglingly stupid time of 11.30 a.m . |