Example sentences of "they set off in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually , after one false start , when Edward assumed ( wrongly ) that Helen would not come , they set off in late November '95 for a short walk to Wimbledon , followed four days later by a trip to Croydon . |
| 2 | They set off in November 1923 and it took a year to set up the expedition . |
| 3 | TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving . |
| 4 | But they set off in April — and forgot to tell the town hall . |
| 5 | When the indicator board clacked out the information BAGGAGE IN HALL against their flight , a circle of bell-ringers in my stomach all heaved on their ropes at the same time , and the terrible clangour they set off in my skull could only be stilled by a couple of stiff ones at the bar . |
| 6 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 7 | NICK FALDO and Tom Kite , the reigning Open champions on both sides of the Atlantic , will meet ‘ head to head ’ when they set off in pursuit of the second major title of the golfing year in the US Open on Thursday . |
| 8 | and er they set off in hot pursuit . |