Example sentences of "[prep] setting [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before setting off to the British circuits Stephen will take in the Enkalon meeting at Aghadowey on Easter Saturday , and at end of the season will ride in the Hillsborough Sunflower International . |
| 2 | At least one species of African bushbaby , for example , cups its hands and urinates upon them before setting off into the African night . |
| 3 | Because of this , my aunt and I returned home and ate before setting off for the first of our two destinations . |
| 4 | I quoted out loud , light-headed with triumph as I opened a tin of lunch before setting off on the thirty-mile drive to the hospital . |
| 5 | Dismissing the irritating Leo from her mind , she ran lightly upstairs to collect a thick sweater and to pull on heavy shoes before setting off across the boggy field behind the cottage towards the bend in the river . |
| 6 | I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland . |