Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] off on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 4 | Sedum spectabile " Autumn Joy " has boldly fleshy shoots with butterfly — attracting pink flowers in late summer which dry off on the plant to orange/brown heads useful for winter decorations . |
| 5 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 6 | I 've encountered Arena -reading Young Conservatives who get off on The Smiths and Sex Pistols : I knew a girl whose favourite group is The Jam but who claims to be apolitical and whose one great desire in life is a Mercedes . |
| 7 | So you start off on the basis that you will be entitled to a new lease under the 1954 Act provided you take the necessary steps within the time scale set out in the Act . |
| 8 | For example : A : You start off on the ring road … |
| 9 | The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot . |
| 10 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 11 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 12 | We go off on the appoint and we make no sales . |
| 13 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 14 | At eleven they set off on the heralded and substantial walk . |