Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After hearing pro-Yeltsin and anti-Gorbachev speeches they set off towards the Kremlin down Tverskaya ( formerly Gorky Street ) , Moscow 's main thoroughfare . |
| 2 | So , this morning I set off down Lennox Gardens , the Street with No Name , and then into Rumsey Road . |
| 3 | To reach this desolate spot you set off at sun-up and head toward mountain ranges which scarcely ever get closer . |
| 4 | The following morning we set off for Verona . |
| 5 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 6 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |
| 7 | When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer . |
| 10 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 11 | On that first day we set off with high hopes of finding out what the foxes were doing and to work out where to concentrate our filming efforts . |
| 12 | A young attendant in a blue uniform respectfully opened the door , and as soon as Luce had been settled into the grey suede luxury of the front passenger-seat they set off for the mainland . |
| 13 | Most managers want to take commission on any deals they set up for the artist . |
| 14 | On 20th September they set off to Pooley Bridge , referred to as ‘ Pawley ’ Bridge , drawing Brother 's Water and ‘ Ulles Water ’ on the way — ‘ slept at Mardale after drawing Ulles and Hawes . ’ |
| 15 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 16 | Our 1963 Herald 12/50 was keen to get going , and at the allotted time we set off through the Borders and towards North Yorkshire . |
| 17 | Before going on to discuss the characteristics of each market we set out in Table 6.3 the size of each of the markets that constitute the London money market . |
| 18 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |