Example sentences of "he set off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time he set off with Christian he had half formulated a plan to help with the future he had in mind for himself . |
| 2 | Yet when he set off on 20 September 1519 , with a royal mandate to search for a passage through to the Mar del Sur , and thus to determine for certain that the Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains , he had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to travel . |
| 3 | He set off on 15 November on the first leg of a two month expedition thumbing his way across France , Algeria and Niger . |
| 4 | Unable to face his wife in the bungalow in High Park Avenue and fearful of meeting her in one of the shops if he hung about the town , he set off for another walk along the beach , striking out this time in the opposite direction from the one he 'd taken that morning . |
| 5 | Leaving Colonel Doughty-Wylie in charge of the Legation , he set off for Dire Dawa by caravan on 4 May and arrived in England on 15 June . |