Example sentences of "set off [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 4 | Tony finished his work and we set off back towards the sea . |
| 5 | Nutty discussed the problem one night with Biddy after the others had set off back to the factory . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A fifty-pound bomb , planted in his fishing boat , exploded as he set off out of the little harbour of Mullaghmore to inspect lobster pots . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café . |
| 10 | When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie . |
| 11 | Then she set off back to the library . |
| 12 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 13 | Lina waved cheerfully , as she set off back to the village of Santa Barbara . |
| 14 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |
| 15 | Easing the car into first gear , she set off back along the road , a frown deepening on her face as she was forced to crawl along at a snail 's pace , unable to see more than a couple of feet ahead in the ever-thickening snow . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll be as quick as I can , ’ he said to Bernice and set off back down the passageway with Rosheen . |