Example sentences of "set off with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was eleven o'clock before all the family were in bed , and two o'clock next morning was the latest time to set off with the beehives . |
| 2 | The court heard her ordeal began when she and the children set off with the salesman on what they thought would be a family shopping trip . |
| 3 | Set off with the towing Julie 's car and the tow rope just snapped in two , and it jerked both cars and it cut off the fuel . |
| 4 | This time Sausage accompanied her , and as she set off with the the two small boys and their three dogs , Korah , Dathan and Abiram , she reflected that they must look rather like a circus . |
| 5 | On Chuck 's order , the makeshift stretcher party set off with the two youngsters leading the way , Jim supporting the quietly sobbing Louise and lighting the way for those behind . |
| 6 | The piano and violin set off with the air of those ready to bask in the music 's warmth , and it seemed that , for once , this awkward , unbalanced work — for it is unsatisfactory , not just in its instrumentation , but in its musical make-up — might be entirely convincing . |