Example sentences of "set off with [art] " 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 As a birthday celebration some time ago , I set off with a companion to conquer the two more accessible ones , Sgurr Thuilm and Sgurr nan Coireachan .
3 A few chapters of Music , Mind , and Brain are stimulating and produce the right sort of sparks ; but others jar either because they are couched in long-winded jargon , or because they set off with a title and intent , which lead one to expect something new in the way of results , but then degenerate into vague speculations .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 The enormous park was a source of delight to most visitors — though not all — for sometimes the Empress , an indefatigable walker , would set off with a group of people to tramp through the grounds , occasionally going part of the way in a carriage .
7 The team will set off with a ride around Anglesey , starting from Menai Bridge on Saturday , June 19 .
8 Why did you suppose we were setting off with a stretcher and torches , at this time of night ? ’
9 He simply set off with no further glance at her , and Jenna seethed .
10 Ian Quinnell and Ian Gadbury , who both work for United Carriers at Mill Lane , set off with a lorry laden with relief supplies .
11 We know from Gen Shandruk 's memoirs that on 10 May , the day after the division had been recorded by 6 Armoured Division as having surrendered near Volkermarkt , the two generals , Shandruk and Freytag , set off with a small group to reach the US Zone , leaving behind some 10,000 men under Col Krat .
12 From there he set off with a caravan of mules on a journey of some eight hundred miles to Nairobi .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
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