Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] setting [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We banged off the last roll of film recording our epic journey of discovery before setting off in the direction of Charles de Gaulle Airport . |
| 2 | Dismissing the irritating Leo from her mind , she ran lightly upstairs to collect a thick sweater and to pull on heavy shoes before setting off across the boggy field behind the cottage towards the bend in the river . |
| 3 | I quoted out loud , light-headed with triumph as I opened a tin of lunch before setting off on the thirty-mile drive to the hospital . |
| 4 | Outside the wicket gate he paused for a moment before setting off along the Backs in the direction of the town centre . |
| 5 | The last operating day again just after 15.00 and 61094 has arrived from Leicester and is about to take water before setting back into the north bay . |
| 6 | Apparently from the notes , a certain Fruchtbaum in the Times Literary Supplement has described Charles on setting out on the Beagle voyage in such terms , which is certainly an exaggeration , but I do not know anyone else who has ever subscribed to that opinion . |
| 7 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 8 | It seems for many the idea of setting up behind the bar is even more powerful than the interest rates . |
| 9 | The journey was conceived and prepared through a Scottish winter with the idea of setting out in the spring . |
| 10 | Discussions are understood to be under way with several companies which have expressed an interest in setting up alongside the plant to supply components to Motorola , which operates on a just-in-time principle of bringing in materials just as they are required for the production process . |