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

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1 The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain .
2 We put our litter back into our rucksacks as all the bins were full to overflowing , and Elinor and Otley set off in the direction of Fair Hill where all the caravans were resting .
3 A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels .
4 When , after some twenty minutes , the Inspector had failed to arrive , Golby set off in the direction from which he anticipated Drewitt would appear , after his meet with PC Shorter at the turnpike at Folly Crossroads .
5 That night Stirling set off in the ‘ Blitz Buggy ’ with his usual crew of Cooper and Seekings , Ken Allot plus two corporals from the SBS with a folding canoe , and Gordon Alston .
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