Example sentences of "[verb] off [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She nodded , and they set off again to find a Venice few tourists saw . |
| 2 | They set off early to beat the traffic , and instead of blossom there were dead leaves on the pavement and a thin white mould of frost . |
| 3 | Each time I have a pint in the pub at Rhydd Ddu I recall a snowy Easter night spent waiting for mates who had set off earlier to tackle the Snowdon Horseshoe . |
| 4 | Those few that escape being eaten form pairs and go off together to find a nest site in a crevice in the ground or a crack in a tree . |
| 5 | The boats picked us up at a pre-arranged rendezvous and we sped off again to do a foot patrol on the lough shore road . |
| 6 | Apart from that one time when Gloria went off instead to cheer the King , Dot could n't remember a day when they had n't been to visit whatever hospital he was in . |
| 7 | Any question of taking her into Penzance had to be abandoned and Harriet went off alone to do the weekly shopping , thankful to be able to leave Edna in charge of Celia and trying not to feel guilty that she actually preferred such expeditions without her daughter 's company . |
| 8 | Perhaps she should steal Contralto and gallop off alone to find the edge of Haling Heart . |
| 9 | After a heroic action , the Franco-Irish captain of the Prince Charles reluctantly gave the order to abandon ship and set off bravely to lead the survivors across country , carrying their precious cargo , to Inverness , 70 miles [ 113 km ] away . |
| 10 | One summer , just the three of us , Mother , Father and I , set off together to start the haymaking two miles away , at a parcel of land we owned down the road . |