Example sentences of "set off back [prep] [art] " 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 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 .
8 The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café .
9 When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie .
10 Then she set off back to the library .
11 She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house .
12 Lina waved cheerfully , as she set off back to the village of Santa Barbara .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 ‘ I 'll be as quick as I can , ’ he said to Bernice and set off back down the passageway with Rosheen .
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