Example sentences of "and set off [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Talgarth they got wind of skirmishes in the south , and set off southward over Mynedd Troed for Tretower ; but because of the time they had lost they were always too far behind their quarry even to realise the magnitude of the chance that persistently slipped through their fingers . |
| 2 | And both Bramble and Quince were relieved when their respective charges had finished lunch and set off again on their quest . |
| 3 | ‘ If you think this is rough , wait till you see the foundry , ’ said Wilcox , with a grim smile , and set off again at his brisk terrier 's trot . |
| 4 | He got out of his car and locked it and set off ahead of me . |
| 5 | We finished serving lunch and coffee and cleared up , and as soon as I decently could I left the kitchen and set off forward up the train . |
| 6 | Then they form up into single file with as many as fifty in a column , each animal touching the rear end of the one ahead with its stick-like antennae , and set off briskly across the sandy sea floor , heading for deeper water . |
| 7 | The guide nodded and set off briskly across the floor . |
| 8 | She turned from the shop-window and set off briskly down the street towards the Stefansplatz , Karelius striding alongside . |
| 9 | Fearon dragged it on over his sweater , tugged a disreputable flat cap over his wet hair and set off briskly towards the yard . |
| 10 | At the Grand , David Swan fastened his amended photopass to his jacket and set off briskly towards the conference centre some two hundred yards away . |
| 11 | Next day they left Seton to his problems and set off northwards up the coast for Dunbar , thirty miles . |
| 12 | With a half-shudder , she left the lower bowel and set off gingerly along the rather treacherous surface of the greater intestine which coiled before her — a tunnel she was n't too sure she saw the light at the end of . |
| 13 | If the shepherd had done as George feared and set off alone in search of Jonadab 's flocks , he would never find his way across the unfamiliar moors . |
| 14 | With that he relaxed his grasp and set off alone in the direction of the Chelonians . |