Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west .
2 You y if you set out on a train under normal circumstances you 're confident that you 're going to arrive in London at
3 A few chapters of Music , Mind , and Brain are stimulating and produce the right sort of sparks ; but others jar either because they are couched in long-winded jargon , or because they set off with a title and intent , which lead one to expect something new in the way of results , but then degenerate into vague speculations .
4 Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’
5 Their lack of routine means you can often encourage them to feed when you want them to — such as just before you set off on an outing .
6 ‘ Please , ’ she replied , but she was grateful to him that he did not hurry her but allowed her to look her fill before they set off through a pathway of more trees and green parkland .
7 Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission .
8 TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving .
9 What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up .
10 Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge .
11 The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe .
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