Example sentences of "set [adv prt] back to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened . |
| 2 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 3 | Nutty discussed the problem one night with Biddy after the others had set off back to the factory . |
| 4 | It was getting late when , prompted by the thought of having to start work next morning , she paid her bill and reluctantly set off back to the hotel . |
| 5 | And thus it was that when the day shift set off back to the Barracks that evening , Jackie Tiptoe remained behind , suspended from the ceiling like a crooked spider snarled up in its own web . |
| 6 | The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café . |
| 7 | When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie . |
| 8 | Then she set off back to the library . |
| 9 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 10 | Lina waved cheerfully , as she set off back to the village of Santa Barbara . |
| 11 | Instantly he did a lightning U-turn and set out back to the stables , leaving Perdita swearing on the stone-hard ground while all the onlookers roared with laughter and Alejandro shouted in broken English at her . |