Example sentences of "set off [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Next morning , after a leisurely start , we set off across bare rock beds from our base camp beneath the steep snow slopes of the Mera La .
2 Armed with wooden swords , cardboard breast plates , and now shields , we set off with renewed enthusiasm .
3 Subtle metallic sheens and bold black spots and lines set off with red areas of finnage , combine to produce a truly pretty fish .
4 On that first day we set off with high hopes of finding out what the foxes were doing and to work out where to concentrate our filming efforts .
5 Right hand gear change , non-synchromesh gearbox and in a very odd posture for driving , they set off for 5 laps in these amazing cars .
6 England captain Graham Gooch offered no excuses for his team 's humiliating defeat , saying : ‘ We set off for this series with high hopes but nothing has gone right for us .
7 One of the greatest of all sports car road races ever run , the Mille Miglia was first held in 1927 and , by tradition , cars set off at one-minute intervals from the centre of Brescia , raced down to Rome and returned .
8 As soon as they set off on separate duties , they both visibly relaxed .
9 They set off on 17 January , carried by Captain Hunter 's LRDG patrol and navigated once again by Mike Sadler .
10 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 .
11 From Scotland Yard , Nigel Cramer and six officers set off in two patrol cars , their sirens howling up Whitehall and down the Mall to pick up Park Lane and the road north out of London .
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