Example sentences of "to set off [prep] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | Gerald plans to set off on his trip in December . |
| 32 | Fresh from the indulgence of driving the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever built over several hundred kilometres of demanding roads , I was about to set off on a journey that would take me from one end of Europe to the other . |
| 33 | Bear in mind that we can keep changing our goals — but unless we have a destination in mind , we are unlikely to set off at all . |
| 34 | There were six miles of gauntlet to run before reaching the open sea , and some damaged craft limped through this passage while others were still able to set off at some speed , making smoke cover with their special equipment . |
| 35 | The cars used to set off at one-minute intervals , originally starting at 9.00 p.m. on a Saturday but that was changed in 1949 to midnight , . |
| 36 | ‘ You are to set off at first light tomorrow . |
| 37 | In Dew v. Parsons ( 1819 ) 2 B. & Ald. 562 an attorney was held entitled to set off against a claim by a sheriff the excess amount which he had paid to the sheriff for the issue of warrants over what the sheriff was legally entitled to charge . |
| 38 | The vendor 's company may be able to carry earlier losses forward to set off against the gain or if the capital assets were bought by the company only within the past few years , it is possible that there may be a loss rather than a gain . |
| 39 | It would have been easier to set off in the daylight but it was n't possible . |
| 40 | If you are up so bright and early we will be able to set off in very good time . ’ |
| 41 | As I am preparing to set off from Oxford a copy of a fax arrives from the production office . |