Example sentences of "he set off [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With supporters opposed to the Douglas braggarts he set off towards Tantallon castle , where Angus had precipitately fled on learning that the king was loose and in vengeful mood . |
| 2 | So saying he set off with Rob and Tess at his heels to head for the high moor . |
| 3 | He set off for Spain in August 1965 to film A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum with director Richard Lester . |
| 4 | Perhaps we might have a look at things , at this stage , through the eyes of young Benjamin Titford , the youngest surviving son , left motherless at nine years old ; waving his big brother William Charles goodbye as he set off for London soon afterwards ; watching brother John cough himself into an early grave ; listening to endless conversations about high prices , shortages , and a war across the channel ; dragged out of his bed in the middle of the night to cries of ‘ Fire ! ’ and ‘ Flood ! ’ ; struggling to keep warm every winter ; watching his father die of a long illness — these experiences made his childhood , in modern terms , an awful , albeit a dramatic one . |
| 5 | Frustrated , he set off for London . |
| 6 | When they set off for church he set off for London , driving fast . |
| 7 | But Denis 's hopes took flight with the break-up of the Soviet empire and he set off for Russia this summer . |
| 8 | One day he set off for Barnard Castle to address a meeting , but got so hopelessly drunk on the journey he was unable to speak on his arrival . |
| 9 | When he had had his lunch , which he brought with him in the suitcase , a packet of salami sandwiches , a croissant with jam in it and a fruit-and-nut bar , he set off for West End Lane , to the Electricity Board and the Gas Board , to make inquiries about a chimney sweep , and put an advertisement for tenants in a newsagent 's window . |
| 10 | Known as ‘ Puffin' since childhood because of his hooked nose , he had worked with Baird on four previous films and had just finished making The Millionairess , starring Sophia Loren , when he set off for Sweden in October 1960 . |
| 11 | When it came time for him to be knighted by Henry I in Rouen , he set off for Normandy with a crowd of these young men about him . |
| 12 | He set off for Ayr yesterday with five more under his belt and promptly won the first three races , two in photos . |
| 13 | It started with his first kick , and keeping the machine as quiet as possible until clear of the village , he set off for Berkeley . |
| 14 | Next he set off for Jerusalem , then to Rome again , and back to England and London . |
| 15 | Thank you for the silk , glad you were able to wrest it from the Governor before he set off to Lepcis Magna with it . |
| 16 | As he set off from Washington to campaign in Cleveland , Chicago and New York , he hinted strongly that he might be prepared to send American ground troops to join the UN peacekeepers who have gone to Macedonia to try to stop the Balkans war from spreading . |
| 17 | On 21 April 1982 he set off from Calcutta with a ticket , one dollar and a bicycle . |