Example sentences of "set off [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more . |
| 2 | When the Dragons first eleven set off for the sun in a couple of weeks time they 'll be taking with them a pretty impressive record , just 2 defeats in the last seven seasons . |
| 3 | On the contrary , all seemed set fair , and when they had loaded the packing-cases on to the cart Matey and McAllister set off for the church hall , to lay out the stall , to have everything ready for the afternoon 's visitors , Dr Neil having promised to come along to help them . |
| 4 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
| 5 | Miaow , thought Jenny as young Curtis stood up awkwardly and set off for the bar , turning after a couple of steps to ask , ‘ What do you want ? ’ |
| 6 | Val set off for the interior in the best of the hire cars available , a well worn seat with grudging breaks , and drove alone on empty roads through a barren and alien territory . |
| 7 | Joseph set off for the door but Rain got there first . |
| 8 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 9 | The colonel set off for the airport with the general in custody . |
| 10 | When he had gone , Arty , smiling to himself at what he considered a victory , got out of bed and set off for the bathroom to wash his hair . |
| 11 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
| 12 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 13 | At matches he had to be watched like a hawk in case he wriggled out of his headcollar , and set off for the tea tent , where his doleful yellow face and black-ringed eyes could coax sandwiches and cake out of the most stony-hearted waitress . |
| 14 | He bounded over the thirteenth and fourteenth and set off for the Chair , that huge open ditch which forms the biggest obstacle on the course . |
| 15 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |
| 16 | He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster . |
| 17 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 18 | No idea what time Vern set off for the bus , but it must be time for the next one by now . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He swept Dalziel 's glass from under his nose and set off to the bar at the quick march . |
| 21 | The most geologically interesting and romantically appealing of the three islands is Niuafo'ou , a sunken volcanic caldera set off to the west . |
| 22 | Undaunted the helicopter crew managed to recover the remaining survivors in very difficult conditions , and will all four survivors aboard the helicopter the remaining tow line was cut and the lifeboat set off to the north east to return to her station . |
| 23 | Now , when the farmer had left the house , his wife went out to the stable and saddled the pony. then she put on her husband 's best clothes , tied the turban high so as to look as tall as possible , jumped astride the pony , and set off to the field where the tiger was waiting . |
| 24 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |
| 25 | Peony set off to the chemist urgently . |
| 26 | So we gritted our teeth and set off along the Pyg-motorway past the army 's blasted and unforgivable folly , writhing and frothing and swearing and laughing aghast — the vapours thickening the while , so that when we looked down from Bwlch Moch , Llydaw was rimless , leaden obscurity and our hair mist-beaded like grizzled Rastafarians . |
| 27 | Scrambled eggs again , and coffee , then I made a thermos of tea , pushed that , with a packet of biscuits , into the pocket of my anorak , and set off along the cliff path . |
| 28 | She dressed quickly , put on rubber boots and a waterproof , and set off along the footpath leading to Benbury Woods . |
| 29 | He set off along the side of the building . |
| 30 | They took the goose between them and set off along the line that shone silver in the moonlight . |