Example sentences of "set off with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Armed with wooden swords , cardboard breast plates , and now shields , we set off with renewed enthusiasm . |
| 2 | They have been promised permanent showing : they have been given carefully considered hanging , and in some cases have chosen the position themselves ; their works are set off with surprising poise by the predominantly green and white college buildings and gardens , a complex severe and playful at once , severe in its geometry and playful in its romanesque quotations . |
| 3 | Some writers probably set off with that idea in the back of their minds , but up to now Hannah has disarmed them all . |
| 4 | She looked round the deep red walls of the dining room , set off with black paintwork . |
| 5 | As England discovered in 1986 when they performed so lamentably at the international sevens tournaments in Sydney , it is just not possible to turn round a few weeks before an event and pick up a team and set off with any expectation of success . |