Example sentences of "they set [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 32 | At nightfall they set off down the escarpment and in holiday mood were soon bowling merrily along the coast road . |
| 33 | They set off down the lane , Elizabeth , Jonna and Jonadab going ahead on three heavy horses and the men and dogs following , slipping and skidding on the hard-packed snow trodden down by the shires . |
| 34 | Jack agreed and they set off down the track side , treading carefully in case they tripped over signal wire . |
| 35 | They set off down the passage and the assistant sealed them in before returning to the shop . |
| 36 | Stringing themselves out in a ragged line , a scout-masterish type at the head , they set off down the valley . |
| 37 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 38 | Then they set off after the horses . |
| 39 | They set off from the same place but , like pieces of something that had just exploded , they each took a different course across the lawn . |
| 40 | They set off from the village of Arghuri on the morning of June 20th , in the year of Our Lord 1840 , accompanied only by their Kurdish guide . |
| 41 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |