Example sentences of "set [adv] back [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage . |
| 2 | I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened . |
| 3 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 4 | Tony finished his work and we set off back towards the sea . |
| 5 | Further down yet , the terracing ceased and became pairs of large semi-detached houses set well back from the road with the front gardens mostly paved and dedicated to parking space . |
| 6 | Oger is a small hamlet , its few houses set well back from the D10 towards the Forêt d'Oger , and barely noticeable from the road . |