Example sentences of "set off [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Boxing Day most families set off for their main summer holiday , heading either for campsites in the bush or at the beach . |
| 2 | A group of about fifty teenagers who had followed them then set off on their own march through the banned area . |
| 3 | Even before Tasker and Boardman had set off on their last attempt Bonington and Adrian Gordon — the base camp manager — decided that they would go up the mountain to help with the descent from the North Col , concerned that if Tasker and Boardman reached the summit by the long ridge above the pinnacles , they would be close to collapse on their descent . |
| 4 | Contestants will line up at the Blundellsands Hotel , Crosby , at 8am on Sunday and will then parade through the city centre before setting off on their cross-Channel jaunt . |
| 5 | They were on a school trip to Pembroke Dock in West Wales and were setting off on their last visit when the crash happened . |