Example sentences of "[noun] set off [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders . |
| 2 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 3 | Pointer set off through the trees with a loping stride . |
| 4 | The most geologically interesting and romantically appealing of the three islands is Niuafo'ou , a sunken volcanic caldera set off to the west . |
| 5 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 6 | The helicopter and a standby vessel spotted a flare set off by the crew and stayed in the vicinity until the men were winched to safety by an RAF helicopter . |
| 7 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 8 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
| 9 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 10 | This may mean that he had remained in the region when the court set off for the midlands at the end of June . |
| 11 | After watching the train steam away with Christian waving from an open carriage window until he was out of sight , Carrie and Seb set off on the return journey in the gig . |
| 12 | Pretty certain this must be the man , Paige set off down the street , stopping every now and then to look in shop windows and cast surreptitious glances backwards . |
| 13 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 14 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 15 | At a slightly uneven stagger the coffin set off down the aisle . |
| 16 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
| 17 | Undaunted the helicopter crew managed to recover the remaining survivors in very difficult conditions , and will all four survivors aboard the helicopter the remaining tow line was cut and the lifeboat set off to the north east to return to her station . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The Doctor set off down the slope . |
| 20 | Goodnights were exchanged and George set off down the lane with Elizabeth , Sarah and their mother . |
| 21 | " Be careful , " said Buckthorn , as Hazel and Blackberry set off down the slope . |
| 22 | As the engine noise grew louder , Ashley set off across the grass . |
| 23 | Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The inhabitants of Stowey for their part were already passing judgement as Coleridge , Southey and Henry Poole set off on the road back to Shurton . |
| 26 | Peony set off to the chemist urgently . |
| 27 | The piano and violin set off with the air of those ready to bask in the music 's warmth , and it seemed that , for once , this awkward , unbalanced work — for it is unsatisfactory , not just in its instrumentation , but in its musical make-up — might be entirely convincing . |
| 28 | Hoomey set off up the hill , half running , so relieved he could have cried . |