Example sentences of "[pron] set off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 6 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 7 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 13 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 14 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 15 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |