Example sentences of "[verb] and set off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zak waved , retreated and set off down the corridor , flat-footed almost at once after his bounce in the dining car , and already with drooping shoulders consulting his notebook about what he needed to do next . |
| 2 | She turned and set off down the path leading to the river and the house . |
| 3 | When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser , only to find nobody there . |
| 4 | He sighed and set off up the stairs again , pulling himself up by his hands on the thick , frozen rope fixed to the outside of the staircase , the castle 's concession to their earlier request for a handhold on the often ice-slicked steps . |
| 5 | Connon nodded and set off up the drive . |
| 6 | Petion nodded and set off at a trot . |
| 7 | The boy dropped the halter he was holding and set off at a run through the gateway and towards the big house . |
| 8 | Exuberantly believing that he alone was responsible for the separation and still moved by a powerfully purifying sense of goodness and rightness , Hope paid his modest bill the next morning , left a parting note for George , checked himself from asking to see Mary , promised — though he lied — to return and set off at a tremendous pace for Hause Point . |