Example sentences of "set off [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plan B meant no plan , however , and having none we were free to react to whims , needing no more than this first glimpse for the wheels to set themselves in motion as we set off down for tea . |
| 2 | As we set off back to London , Toby opened his parcel . |
| 3 | They set off back to Nettles . |
| 4 | An hour later we set off back for lunch , planning to bring back Penny in the evening when we 'd have another go with the rods and , of course , lift the nets . |
| 5 | Meredith backed out slowly to avoid other shoppers making for their cars with their overladen squeaky trolleys and set off out of town . |
| 6 | We packed up all our kit again and set off back to Orange , across the frozen landscape of southern France , which was having one of the coldest winters in living memory . |
| 7 | Then he got off and set off back towards Slough . |