Example sentences of "he set off [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so he sets off on foot , aiming nowhere . |
| 2 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 3 | Naturally I agreed , and he set off for paris immediately with Ted Church as the UK observer . |
| 4 | ‘ That fateful day he set off for work and their lives changed forever is etched on Wyn 's memory . |
| 5 | And so when he set off for home the red bitch was with him , loping along by his side . |
| 6 | He shivered a little as he set off for home . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know what 's got into you , May , ’ he shouted , shaking his fist in the air as he set off in pursuit . |
| 8 | Rushing off across the moors he set off in pursuit of Tamara . |
| 9 | They immediately phoned Allen , who has a car business at Lower Wield , and he set off in pursuit of the gang . |
| 10 | He set off in pursuit of the fatally wounded officer shouting : ‘ He is still alive , I am going to get him . ’ |
| 11 | BREATHLESS PC Les Pounder was always going to come off second best when he set off in pursuit of a pub fight suspect . |