Example sentences of "set off [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they packed up some pears and pineapples — set off well before the light hours |
| 2 | ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet . |
| 3 | We set off again along the gravel paths . |
| 4 | The three men set off again in the Sunbeam , touring the stores of Ruislip and Eastcote , making purchases with their newly acquired Barclaycard . |
| 5 | TWO Britons set off yesterday on the first trans-atlantic hot-air balloon race . |
| 6 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
| 7 | After his experiences photographing there , he found it very difficult to continue the rather dull life of a colonial portraitist , and soon set off again for the strange and exotic land of Siam . |
| 8 | The luxurious cream decor is set off beautifully by the patterned curtains . |
| 9 | ‘ But not for me , ’ she added sadly to herself , setting off homeward through the twilight . |
| 10 | A cautious opening in New York produced a further round of price-cutting in the afternoon and , with investors setting off early for the Easter break , the Footsie drifted in to a 2638.6 point close , down 1.6 on the day . |
| 11 | We finished serving lunch and coffee and cleared up , and as soon as I decently could I left the kitchen and set off forward up the train . |
| 12 | Mark set off downhill towards the Refuge d'Argentiere , 500 metres below us . |
| 13 | Joseph lunged toward it , but the sight of him terrorized the gibbon further , and it set off frantically towards the only visible refuge . |
| 14 | ‘ Messrs. Gould and Gunn set off to-day to the head of the [ Recherche ] Bay to a plain , which appears to run up many miles into the country the hill called South Cape , which presents towards the bay a steep and particularly denuded surface … |
| 15 | Even so , it was a couple of days more before the great host , now estimated at between fifty and sixty thousand men , set off southwards from the Burgh Muir of Edinburgh for Lauderdale and the Tweed . |
| 16 | She turned from the shop-window and set off briskly down the street towards the Stefansplatz , Karelius striding alongside . |
| 17 | Then they form up into single file with as many as fifty in a column , each animal touching the rear end of the one ahead with its stick-like antennae , and set off briskly across the sandy sea floor , heading for deeper water . |
| 18 | The guide nodded and set off briskly across the floor . |
| 19 | He had n't time , he thought , and he set off briskly towards the blacksmith 's , his rucksack and his bags already bulging . |
| 20 | Fearon dragged it on over his sweater , tugged a disreputable flat cap over his wet hair and set off briskly towards the yard . |
| 21 | At the Grand , David Swan fastened his amended photopass to his jacket and set off briskly towards the conference centre some two hundred yards away . |
| 22 | Next day they left Seton to his problems and set off northwards up the coast for Dunbar , thirty miles . |
| 23 | She set off boldly towards the fence and only had to put her feet down speedily once . |
| 24 | Four bombs , set off earlier in the day in Santiago by suspected members of the ultra-right September 11 Commando caused minor structural damage . |
| 25 | With a half-shudder , she left the lower bowel and set off gingerly along the rather treacherous surface of the greater intestine which coiled before her — a tunnel she was n't too sure she saw the light at the end of . |
| 26 | With that he relaxed his grasp and set off alone in the direction of the Chelonians . |
| 27 | The party set off downstream along the river bank and Rostov concentrated on making it look as if he had been riding bareback all his life . |