Example sentences of "set off towards the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Taking his towelling bath robe out of his suitcase and one of the rugs from the back of the car , they set off towards the cliff . |
2 | We had learned this at the very first lesson of the term — something most of the boys should have remembered from the previous year — when Mr Gillis had belted fourteen of us for setting off towards the door when the bell rang rather than waiting for his instruction . |
3 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
4 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
5 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
6 | Eventually the little bus was summoned again , and we jumped in thankfully and set off towards the plane , only to grind to a halt at Operations again . |
7 | He set off towards the canal , leaving Robbie — as usual , she fumed — to scurry after him . |
8 | Before he could close it the crowd swarmed past him in their hundreds and set off towards the castle at a trot . |
9 | As his lad let him go , he set off towards the start flat out with his mouth open and his nose in the air . |
10 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |
11 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
12 | Alec slipped by me and set off towards the changing room at a sprint . |
13 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
14 | She set off towards the junction to the left . |