Example sentences of "sets off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moving with the easy gliding movement that is second nature Liessa sets off towards her own dragon , Laolith , who turns his great horsey head towards her . |
| 2 | The bass drum beats and the parade sets off as one to march twice past the Inspecting Officer . |
| 3 | Camus sets off into the night . |
| 4 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 5 | One person sets off across the pool facing away from the children and says ‘ What 's the time Mr Shark ’ ? |
| 6 | Thus each evening Silene bathes her white body in the ocean , then sets off across the skies to caress her sleeping lover . |
| 7 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then , from U hu , someone else sets off for Lāmri and for Lorpa . |
| 11 | This is where one sets off for what are often called the Loch Lochy Munros : Sron a'Choire Ghairbh and Meall na Teanga , and the no less worthy Corbett of Ben Tee . |
| 12 | THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife . |
| 13 | Early bird Ruth arrives on her bike and pitches in with the adult workers at her grandfather 's stables every morning before she sets off for school Pictures : STUART FOSTER |
| 14 | Told not to give Betty any sudden shocks , Frank sets off for another job interview , as an entertainer at a holiday camp . |
| 15 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 16 | ‘ When Brad escapes from the Nebulan experiment lab and sets off with Cord and Tara to immobilize the directed-energy scythe on the Xerxian attack ship — where 's Chelsi ? ’ |
| 17 | And so he sets off on foot , aiming nowhere . |
| 18 | But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm . |
| 19 | He hitch-hikes to San Francisco , lives briefly in a commune , and then sets off on a journey with two of its members , Lockett and Meridith . |
| 20 | Lots of fun and excitement as Henry 's Cat sets off on a trip to Treasure Island |
| 21 | After resting for a while , it suddenly gets up , looks around and then sets off on one of its mad dashes . |
| 22 | With a helping hand from Sister Jacqui Littlewood , he sets off on a ‘ police ’ trolley bike for a minor op . |
| 23 | Sir Roy Strong stumbles off the block with his opening sentence ‘ The portrait was a child of the renaissance ’ , which seems to have forgotten about classical antiquity , but then sets off on a thought-provoking and terse survey of themes and ideas throughout the three centuries covered by the book . |
| 24 | A similar urge to move to lower temperatures is probably the main cue for the bogong moth of Australia when it sets off on its migration . |
| 25 | Glyn sets off on his lands end to John o groats run at the weekend , hoping his pedal power will help give a cash boost to some of Britains olympic athletes . |
| 26 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 27 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |
| 28 | ‘ The average train may leave 10 minutes late , but it has been proved that the average car journey sets off at least 40 minutes after the announced time . ’ |
| 29 | Class V2 60815 sets off from Victoria for the south in about 1950 . |
| 30 | The village cat owner sets off from home and finds the pet cat tagging along . |