Example sentences of "[pron] set off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
2 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
3 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
4 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
7 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
8 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
9 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
10 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
11 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
12 | So we set off for a last look round . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
15 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
16 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
17 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
18 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
19 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
20 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
21 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
22 | We set off in an open 15-cwt. truck with an Italian driver who had also been a soldier , two Schmeisser machine pistols and a lot of ammunition ; the mountains at that time were infested with bandits , some of whom were Allied and Axis deserters . |
23 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
24 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
25 | They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat . |
26 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
27 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
28 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
29 | In Siam , Thomson teamed up with a journalist called Kennedy , and , together with a large entourage , they set off on a perilous journey to Cambodia . |
30 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |