Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] set off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chewing on her lip in thought , she finally set off towards the ten-gallon drums , reasoning that she might as well try to find out as much as possible while she was here , and run like hell when the time came . |
| 2 | She soon set off for Leicester , where she sobbed ‘ hideously ’ and was put in prison with two unlucky fellow-pilgrims . |
| 3 | She was eighteen and had never been out of England , yet she unhesitatingly set off for a remote and savage country in Africa . |
| 4 | Next morning we again set off beside the river . |
| 5 | The Range Rover was crammed with so much food as they finally set off for Brides Haven that Leonora expressed doubt that the boat would carry it all . |
| 6 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 7 | A group of about fifty teenagers who had followed them then set off on their own march through the banned area . |
| 8 | Coleridge had spent three weeks in Oxford before , on 5 July 1794 , he finally set off on his Welsh expedition , promising Southey that he would rejoin him later to make further plans for settling in America . |
| 9 | He always set off on his journey early on Monday morning , and returned on Wednesday . |
| 10 | He immediately set off for Germany in a van and the rest is history . |
| 11 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 12 | He simply set off with no further glance at her , and Jenna seethed . |
| 13 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 14 | On the morning of Monday 18 August 1794 , he accordingly set off with them on the road to Nether Stowey , three miles distant . |
| 15 | He also planned to entertain at the Priory his neighbours and friends , and here it was possible that he received fresh warnings of danger , as on finishing his dinner he hurriedly set off for Halling and was scarcely clear of the city when a riot broke out and the mob tried to pillage the Priory . |