Example sentences of "he set off [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 2 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
| 3 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 4 | He sets off after the brothers , succeeds in imitating Haimet , and relieves Barat of his burden . |
| 5 | He set off along the side of the building . |
| 6 | He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea . |
| 7 | He set off towards the buses . |
| 8 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 9 | As his lad let him go , he set off towards the start flat out with his mouth open and his nose in the air . |
| 10 | He set off towards the canal , leaving Robbie — as usual , she fumed — to scurry after him . |
| 11 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |
| 12 | There had been no unexplained nights away and no displays of petulance , and when he set off through the gates of his house he drove slowly and with care . |
| 13 | So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry . |
| 14 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 15 | He set off across the marble lake at a canter , with Helen panting behind . |
| 16 | Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago . |
| 17 | At the age of only nine , he set off on the London coach , and said a sudden and bewildered farewell both to his family and to his Devon childhood . |
| 18 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 19 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 20 | Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more . |
| 21 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |
| 22 | He set off down the slope . |
| 23 | The lock snapped into place behind him , and he set off down the hill towards his car . |
| 24 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he set off down the corridor . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He set off into the fog to find out where he was , and came back to find Tess fast asleep . |
| 27 | But some doubted and one , Rol , who was a great war leader , mistrusted the feelings which prompted the Myrcans to wage war and was sickened by the killing , so he set off into the mountains to seek the Dwarves and avail himself of their ancient wisdom . |
| 28 | That summer I could only think he was mad as he set off around the town and I dozed in the dark heat and stillness of the garden . |
| 29 | He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction . |