Example sentences of "setting off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I quoted out loud , light-headed with triumph as I opened a tin of lunch before setting off on the thirty-mile drive to the hospital . |
| 2 | I am writing this quickly on my return ( Tuesday evening ) from London , prior to setting off for the European rural conference in Scotland . |
| 3 | Before setting off to the British circuits Stephen will take in the Enkalon meeting at Aghadowey on Easter Saturday , and at end of the season will ride in the Hillsborough Sunflower International . |
| 4 | Scunthorpe survived largely because Futcher thought he was offside when he was n't and Deary was when he should n't have been — his 81st-minute goal being disallowed to the despair of the home fans and the delight of those setting off across the black hills . |
| 5 | Dismissing the irritating Leo from her mind , she ran lightly upstairs to collect a thick sweater and to pull on heavy shoes before setting off across the boggy field behind the cottage towards the bend in the river . |
| 6 | At least one species of African bushbaby , for example , cups its hands and urinates upon them before setting off into the African night . |
| 7 | Sandison waited for one minute and then also left , setting off in the opposite direction from Maidstone . |
| 8 | On the Iraqi side of the frontier , the town of al-Amarah , on the easternmost of the three Baghdad-Basrah roads , was seldom free of military activity , with convoys of trucks and armour pouring into it , and private cars and taxis carrying battlefield coffins on their roofs frequently setting off in the opposite direction . |