Example sentences of "set off in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been easier to set off in the daylight but it was n't possible . |
| 2 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 3 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 4 | On a voyage to Kuwait , perhaps to Ahmadi or Khafji , the drill was to pass the Strait of Hormuz in darkness , travelling straight across to Dubai , anchor for the following day and then set off in the evening to take up position off Das Island . |
| 5 | We set off in the sunshine and quickly reached Snake Pass |
| 6 | We all set off in the car to see a lawyer . |
| 7 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 8 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 9 | Weighed down by a burden of ‘ domestic Sorrows & external disappointments ’ that threatened to overwhelm him , he turned once again to Tom Poole — ‘ my dear , very dear Friend ’ — and on about 15 May set off in the carrier 's van for Stowey . |
| 10 | A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels . |
| 11 | We banged off the last roll of film recording our epic journey of discovery before setting off in the direction of Charles de Gaulle Airport . |
| 12 | Oh it would have been half as small , and she used to tell us grand stories with them setting off in the morning with their a bottle of milk and their , it 's like a pi with them , to keep the fire going to keep them warm and everything . |
| 13 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 14 | We put our litter back into our rucksacks as all the bins were full to overflowing , and Elinor and Otley set off in the direction of Fair Hill where all the caravans were resting . |
| 15 | When , after some twenty minutes , the Inspector had failed to arrive , Golby set off in the direction from which he anticipated Drewitt would appear , after his meet with PC Shorter at the turnpike at Folly Crossroads . |
| 16 | The Doctor pointed along the corridor , and set off in the direction indicated . |
| 17 | She walked briskly out of the station , and set off in the direction of Bayswater , stopping every hundred yards or so to put down her dark blue Revelation suitcase ( a Christmas present from her parents ) and change hands . |
| 18 | Dressed as cowboys , they climbed aboard their trusty steeds ( 's Datsun ! ) and set off in the direction of the County Hall in Exeter where they ambushed the staff and persuaded them to hand over their readies . |
| 19 | As she got out , she spotted a sign to the library , and set off in the direction in which it pointed . |
| 20 | Schott decided to make a break for the main rendezvous point with Stirling , and set off in the 3-tonner with his men . |
| 21 | They left Margot to look after the children and set off in the car , heading for Gallanach . |
| 22 | Cos Michael started it , he said we 're never said anything when we set off in the car , and then he said that he 'd had this fax from me and er Andrew said , well it was n't actually from , er , from me to the , it was fetched up to me and I sent it in the office . |
| 23 | Tess and Abraham dressed , led out the old horse Prince with the loaded waggon , and set off in the dark . |