Example sentences of "he set off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After her husband told her they had been ruined by Wickens , she stormed off to confront him , only to see him setting off on his bicycle . |
| 2 | Howley , an ICI man , also took charge of two South American club finals our splendid 1964 photograph shows him setting off from Darlington station for Montevideo . |
| 3 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 4 | And so he sets off on foot , aiming nowhere . |
| 5 | But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm . |
| 6 | With a helping hand from Sister Jacqui Littlewood , he sets off on a ‘ police ’ trolley bike for a minor op . |
| 7 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
| 8 | When even the milkmen and the postmen are not on the streets , he sets off for his daily three hour run , then swims for an hour before finally starting his day 's work as a leather goods salesman . |
| 9 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 10 | He sets off after the brothers , succeeds in imitating Haimet , and relieves Barat of his burden . |
| 11 | He set off along the side of the building . |
| 12 | He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea . |
| 13 | He set off towards the buses . |
| 14 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 15 | As his lad let him go , he set off towards the start flat out with his mouth open and his nose in the air . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He set off towards the canal , leaving Robbie — as usual , she fumed — to scurry after him . |
| 18 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |
| 19 | There had been no unexplained nights away and no displays of petulance , and when he set off through the gates of his house he drove slowly and with care . |
| 20 | So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry . |
| 21 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 22 | He set off across the marble lake at a canter , with Helen panting behind . |
| 23 | He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo . |
| 24 | He set off at a brisk walk . |
| 25 | He set off at a fast lope , leaving her amazed that he still had enough energy to move so quickly , but also puzzled . |
| 26 | ‘ It does n't look anything like it does on TV , ’ said Craig Parry 's caddy as he set off with his man and Wayne Grady down the 10th in practice . |
| 27 | So saying he set off with Rob and Tess at his heels to head for the high moor . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | From there he set off with a caravan of mules on a journey of some eight hundred miles to Nairobi . |
| 30 | 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 . |