Example sentences of "[conj] set off up the " in BNC.

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1 I was now hot so we filled our water bottle and set off up the track towards to skyline .
2 And so it proved , for the horse with no chance was not going to accommodate the pundits now : Foinavon jumped the last two and set off up the run-in still twenty lengths to the good .
3 After a great struggle , I frog-marched her into oilskins and over-trousers , fitted the outboard and set off up the loch , perspiring .
4 She grunted fiercely and set off up the slope .
5 Connon nodded and set off up the drive .
6 He sighed and set off up the stairs again , pulling himself up by his hands on the thick , frozen rope fixed to the outside of the staircase , the castle 's concession to their earlier request for a handhold on the often ice-slicked steps .
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