Example sentences of "set off into the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon after breakfast we set off into the jungle . |
| 2 | I had acquired and learned to drive an old Hillman during the summer and , piling two tired and travel-sick children into the back with our parcels , we set off into the night . |
| 3 | We were made welcome by the teachers , provided with a floor to sleep on , and within an hour had set off into the forest to look for wild cocoa . |
| 4 | Camus sets off into the night . |
| 5 | The idea of a small group of men setting off into the desert to travel hundreds of miles behind the enemy lines was not such a hare-brained scheme as might be thought . |
| 6 | Though her lungs were aflame with her efforts , she rolled over and set off into the darkness of the tunnel that led outside before anyone could think to send a boat for her — though at least there were hiding places here in case they did . |
| 7 | He set off into the fog to find out where he was , and came back to find Tess fast asleep . |
| 8 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 9 | His game-plan ensured , he set off into the advertising world , swiftly rising from accounts like Oxfam , Nescafé and the Government 's drink-and-drive campaign at Wasey Campbell- Ewald to Tinker and Partners , where he became deputy to Caroline Le Bas . |