Example sentences of "[pron] set off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione .
2 She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there .
3 With no further words , she set off across the wide lawns of the De Belving gardens , scattering a couple of sleepy peacocks as she went .
4 She set off across the rough turf towards the low hill brow ahead .
5 Then she set off across the shimmering grass , towards the dank , smelly , but mercifully cool ‘ Ladies ’ .
6 Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees .
7 It was a beautiful sunny day , if anything it would be too hot for the marathon runners who set off before the fun runners , fun walkers and fun pusher !
8 but we , we set off in a big building , well a building about four times the size of this these houses and it was all sheet steel wrapped in polythene packages
9 He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea .
10 He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo .
11 He set off at a brisk walk .
12 He set off at a fast lope , leaving her amazed that he still had enough energy to move so quickly , but also puzzled .
13 He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets .
14 He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon .
15 He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction .
16 Two of us set off up the long path from Aberarder at the mind-bogglingly stupid time of 11.30 a.m .
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