Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] and set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We smoke the first bag , throw a heap of indiscriminate clothing together and set off on our long journey to Wales , our bodies leaden and our lids heavy . |
| 2 | They got their rods and landing nets together and set off for home . |
| 3 | We packed up all our kit again and set off back to Orange , across the frozen landscape of southern France , which was having one of the coldest winters in living memory . |
| 4 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
| 5 | But after the interval the striker pulled up with a hamstring strain , signalled to the bench to come off — and then gave the ball away and set up Stuttgart 's vital opening goal . |
| 6 | At precisely the stroke of six the mighty Leviathan Class locomotive , gushing steam and panting dramatically , left King 's Cross Station behind and set off for Scotland . |
| 7 | Lucker and I get a few beach items together and set off across the dunes towards the shimmering shore . |
| 8 | In embarking on this journey , I 'd put myself into store again and set off ; like the other women I needed safety , I needed to be taken care of , to take care of myself and now to take care of this journey . |
| 9 | It would be far better to admit the problem openly and set about tackling it . |
| 10 | Erm , I really feel that this consultation is coming more than a too late because we started on the slippery slope when the consortium was er first dreamed of o , you know about a year ago and set up in April and that really this is the sort of the inexorable next move , and this consultation is far far too late ! |
| 11 | Of course there can only be one chieftain , so defeated rivals must either accept his supremacy or leave the tribe altogether and set up a new one of their own . |