Example sentences of "set off in " in BNC.
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| 1 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 2 | Nineteenth August — the 1st Commando Brigade left the area south of Bavent and set off in pursuit of the enemy . |
| 3 | Posing as the authors of a book on fisheries of the world , Thornton and Higgs , accompanied by an interpreter , set off in search of evidence of the continuing carnage . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know what 's got into you , May , ’ he shouted , shaking his fist in the air as he set off in pursuit . |
| 6 | He remounted immediately and set off in pursuit of the other runners , but as a Gold Cup trial the race was a mess , and the announcement that Jonjo O'Neill was once more to replace Mullins for the big race came as no surprise . |
| 7 | So on Saturday , Party Politics , dwarfing his 39 opponents , set off in new colours with new jockey Carl Llewellyn to see how many strides it would take him to cover the most famous four and a half miles in sport . |
| 8 | Believing Clark 's Fork Canyon to be impassable , and convinced that Joseph was escaping , Sturgis set off in pursuit . |
| 9 | Having been commissioned to write an opera buffa for the 1774–75 carnival season in Munich , Mozart , again accompanied by his father , set off in order to complete the composition , La finta giardiniera . |
| 10 | Having extricated himself from the Archbishop 's service Mozart , this time accompanied by his mother , set off in search of an appointment elsewhere . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Ten days later , at eight-thirty in the morning of Wednesday , 22nd January , Robyn Penrose set off in a snowstorm and an ill humour to begin her stint as the University of Rummidge Faculty of Arts Industry Year Shadow , or URFAIYS as she was designated in memoranda emanating from the Vice-Chancellor 's Office . |
| 13 | Wilcox set off in a straight line , indifferent to the snow that covered his thin black shoes and clung to his trouser bottoms . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Schott decided to make a break for the main rendezvous point with Stirling , and set off in the 3-tonner with his men . |
| 17 | The jeep force set off in the late afternoon of 26 July , with about forty miles to cover to the coastal plain . |
| 18 | Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione . |
| 19 | Rushing off across the moors he set off in pursuit of Tamara . |
| 20 | He also sped off across Dartmoor in search of Tamara but , totally confused , after running wildly around , set off in the wrong direction , heading north between gently wooded hills to reach the Atlantic . |
| 21 | They immediately phoned Allen , who has a car business at Lower Wield , and he set off in pursuit of the gang . |
| 22 | To cheers and aahs he emerged on the far bank , shook himself and set off in dripping pursuit . |
| 23 | On another occasion , Holy Moly set off in his Morris Minor hoping to see the rare Purple Emperor butterfly in some southern oak wood . |
| 24 | As soon as he learned of the rebels ' withdrawal from Derby , he sent orders to Field Marshal Wade to intercept them from the west while his own army set off in pursuit from the south . |
| 25 | With panic inside her she set off in Will 's footsteps towards the town , sobbing . |
| 26 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 27 | Turning , realizing it was Perdita , Angel gave a howl of rage and set off in pursuit . |
| 28 | He set off in pursuit of the fatally wounded officer shouting : ‘ He is still alive , I am going to get him . ’ |
| 29 | BREATHLESS PC Les Pounder was always going to come off second best when he set off in pursuit of a pub fight suspect . |
| 30 | It set off in pursuit of the Capri , but lost it about five miles away , outside the town of Forth in Lanarkshire . |