Example sentences of "[conj] set [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | He turned randomly at right angles , and set off at a lolloping run . |
| 32 | While the creature sought height for another sweep Hrun scrambled to his feet and set off at a dead run for the woods at the edge of the arena . |
| 33 | Hrun slung the unconscious dragonlord over his shoulder and set off at a trot back to the arena . |
| 34 | At last he turned north again , his dog still running at his heels , and set off to a village just outside London . |
| 35 | I collect a dozen or so from the dewy grass in the early morning and set off for a few hours ' chubbing , knowing I am going to catch several fish , providing , of course , the weather and water conditions are favourable . |
| 36 | In the following year the Beaux-Arts style emerged at its most majestic in Washington , DC , containing some of the most powerful , overpowering indeed , spaces of any station , and set off in a great park-like setting . |
| 37 | They clambered down the cliff-path from Sea House and set off in a western direction along the beach to Badstoneleigh . |
| 38 | When set up as a Novell 3.11 file server the DC-2031 cached IDE host card only really made its presence felt on the 128Kb Sequential Read Test , improving performance by about 15 per cent . |
| 39 | When the bus started , they all crossed themselves , as I had seen nuns do in Ireland when setting out on a journey , however short . |