Example sentences of "set off [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Millions of pounds spent on satellite technology is wasted when people like me ignore Michael Fish yelling on television from behind some sandbags , ‘ For God 's sake take cover ! ’ as we set off to claim a Munro with a song in our hearts . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |
| 3 | As they set off to cross a bridge already cordoned off as a prohibited area , the police hurriedly re-formed in front of them . |
| 4 | The Rose-Noelle was well-equipped as Mr Glennie had set off to start a new life cruising the South Pacific . |
| 5 | Father Francis Shanahan , 67 , downed a quarter of a bottle of whisky before setting off to conduct a funeral . |
| 6 | Expressing a desire to see the world first , he set off to spend a year teaching elementary mathematics in Kenya . |
| 7 | She set off to walk a mile to the mountain cable car on Wednesday . |
| 8 | The following morning our team of John , a theology student from a Jesuit College who talked like Derek Nimmo in All Gas and Gaiters , James , a British Telecom engineer ( useful ) and I , set off to follow a long and complicated trail across Colchester . |
| 9 | She set off to find a lift . |
| 10 | Pausing a moment to work out the best route , the Doctor set off to find a stair leading down . |
| 11 | Charlotte 's companion said with quickening interest , and set off to have a closer look . |