Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the road " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set off along the road in cloud but the sun soon broke through . |
| 2 | Set back from the road it faces the south wall of the magnificent St Magnus Cathedral , and is separated from it by the road , and by a peaceful park area and an avenue of trees . |
| 3 | Set back from the road by a long drive and framed by a crescent of trees , Mains Hall is both an imposing and yet secluded 16th-century manor house with a romantic past — it was here that George IV courted his wife to be , Marie Fitzherbert . |
| 4 | Set back from the road the hotel is reached through picturesque roads of characteristic pastel colour buildings . |
| 5 | There was a significant improvement on the other side of the viaduct , a Victorian class divide that had survived the years , and within two blocks he was walking down a tree-lined avenue composed of tall , detached houses set back from the road behind fair-sized gardens . |
| 6 | I saw tombs open and the terrifying silhouettes of walking corpses set out on the road . |
| 7 | I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road . |
| 8 | Very quickly , however , the three young people began to exert over one another the complex mutual attraction which remained characteristic of their relationship , and more than three weeks passed before Coleridge finally set off on the road back to Stowey . |
| 9 | It is set back from the road with a sweeping drive and an ornamental fish-pond in front , now stagnant . |
| 10 | The studios are set back from the road and are shaded by the olive trees from which they derive their name . |
| 11 | The Tripodoro is set back from the road about 750 yards from the centre of quiet , easy-going Sportorno . |
| 12 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 13 | The property is set back from the road behind a neat foregarden with tarmacadam driveway providing car parking on site and leading to the front entrance . |
| 14 | The property is set back from the road behind a stoned wall and a lawned garden with driveway leading to the front entrance . |
| 15 | Setting out on the road , I could not help thinking of Mr Rochester 's despair when he found himself abandoned . |
| 16 | Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects . |
| 17 | The 1958 Cadillac Eldorado swept out from the garage and set off down the road from Cromcruach . |
| 18 | His looks said it all , and Jenna suppressed a smile and set off across the road to join him . |
| 19 | The inhabitants of Stowey for their part were already passing judgement as Coleridge , Southey and Henry Poole set off on the road back to Shurton . |
| 20 | Dara fled back to Agra and set off on the road to Delhi without daring to face his father . |
| 21 | Wycliffe set out along the road which was no more than a lane following the course of a shallow valley . |
| 22 | In early November Coleridge and the Wordsworths , whose deep and intuitive friendship had begun by now to exclude not only Sara but even Tom Poole , set out on the road to Porlock which Coleridge had taken the previous month . |
| 23 | Within six months , however , he had left the Party and set out on the road that led to the formation of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 . |
| 24 | In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 25 | Rodrigo set out upon the road , and took with him twenty knights . |
| 26 | The houses were spacious , detached , each one built to an individual design and set back from the road in well-kept gardens : it was the posh part of town . |
| 27 | Vic 's house , at the end of the village , was detached and set back from the road behind a neat lawn . |
| 28 | The pension is situated about 10 minutes walk from the village , set back from the road . |
| 29 | It was about a mile from the village , set back from the road , with tall iron gates , securely locked , at the entrance , and a few yards inside them a lodge . |
| 30 | Past a house that was larger , set back from the road , beyond a lawn on which the rain made ponds , and he saw the flash of an old woman 's face at a window and then the falling of a lace curtain . |