Example sentences of "[verb] and set [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vic 's house , at the end of the village , was detached and set back from the road behind a neat lawn . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She turned and set off down the path leading to the river and the house . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Connon nodded and set off up the drive . |