Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] across the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And so I set off across the field .
2 The only thing left to do was to get him in to the government hospital seventeen miles away , so we set out across the rice fields and village tracks , with the patient in a bullock cart .
3 Many do so , and with their aeronautical skills improving visibly with every wingbeat , they set off across the sea , climbing steadily .
4 They set off across the square and as they were passing Florian 's , Julia said :
5 He set off across the marble lake at a canter , with Helen panting behind .
6 But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet .
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