Example sentences of "[noun prp] set off [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the Renault set off down the drive , Vitor placed an arm around Ashley 's shoulders . |
| 2 | Ten days later , at eight-thirty in the morning of Wednesday , 22nd January , Robyn Penrose set off in a snowstorm and an ill humour to begin her stint as the University of Rummidge Faculty of Arts Industry Year Shadow , or URFAIYS as she was designated in memoranda emanating from the Vice-Chancellor 's Office . |
| 3 | An opportunity for escape occurred shortly afterwards when she and Wordsworth set off on a walking tour into the Wye Valley . |
| 4 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 5 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 6 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
| 7 | Prentice put his arms round Rory 's neck and got up onto his back ; Rory set off at a run . |
| 8 | After watching the train steam away with Christian waving from an open carriage window until he was out of sight , Carrie and Seb set off on the return journey in the gig . |
| 9 | Pretty certain this must be the man , Paige set off down the street , stopping every now and then to look in shop windows and cast surreptitious glances backwards . |
| 10 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 11 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 12 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 13 | We put our litter back into our rucksacks as all the bins were full to overflowing , and Elinor and Otley set off in the direction of Fair Hill where all the caravans were resting . |
| 14 | Goodnights were exchanged and George set off down the lane with Elizabeth , Sarah and their mother . |
| 15 | In July , the month in which Vincent was enrolled at the mission school , a desperate Tolstoy and his friend Stakhov set off on a pilgrimage to the Optina Pustyn Monastery not far from Moscow . |
| 16 | As the engine noise grew louder , Ashley set off across the grass . |
| 17 | Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory . |
| 18 | When , after some twenty minutes , the Inspector had failed to arrive , Golby set off in the direction from which he anticipated Drewitt would appear , after his meet with PC Shorter at the turnpike at Folly Crossroads . |
| 19 | The inhabitants of Stowey for their part were already passing judgement as Coleridge , Southey and Henry Poole set off on the road back to Shurton . |
| 20 | Peony set off to the chemist urgently . |
| 21 | Hoomey set off up the hill , half running , so relieved he could have cried . |