Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 2 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 3 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 4 | At nightfall they set off down the escarpment and in holiday mood were soon bowling merrily along the coast road . |
| 5 | After hearing pro-Yeltsin and anti-Gorbachev speeches they set off towards the Kremlin down Tverskaya ( formerly Gorky Street ) , Moscow 's main thoroughfare . |
| 6 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 7 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 8 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 9 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |
| 10 | Most managers want to take commission on any deals they set up for the artist . |
| 11 | The Zamoyski family 's attempts to reactivate a foundation they set up in the 1920s at Kornik , a Scottish-baronial monstrosity housing a priceless library of early illuminated manuscripts and incunabula , are being thwarted by the Polish Academy of Learning , which swallowed it up in 1945 . |
| 12 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 13 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 14 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 15 | Soon after breakfast we set off into the jungle . |
| 16 | A young attendant in a blue uniform respectfully opened the door , and as soon as Luce had been settled into the grey suede luxury of the front passenger-seat they set off for the mainland . |
| 17 | Our 1963 Herald 12/50 was keen to get going , and at the allotted time we set off through the Borders and towards North Yorkshire . |
| 18 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |