Example sentences of "[was/were] setting [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 2 | Why did you suppose we were setting off with a stretcher and torches , at this time of night ? ’ |
| 3 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 4 | This power , however , was to be used according to the rules of the American Constitution , not as a means to a dictatorship like that which Hitler was setting up at the very same time in Germany . |
| 5 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |
| 6 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |