Example sentences of "set [adv prt] at [art] [adj] pace " in BNC.

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1 Exuberantly believing that he alone was responsible for the separation and still moved by a powerfully purifying sense of goodness and rightness , Hope paid his modest bill the next morning , left a parting note for George , checked himself from asking to see Mary , promised — though he lied — to return and set off at a tremendous pace for Hause Point .
2 He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo .
3 Morrell 's race plan was upset when Gerry McCann , from the local Glasgow University club , set off at a suicidal pace .
4 ‘ Best be movin , ’ he said and they swung open the gate and set off at a jaunty pace back up the lane towards the main road .
5 West Indies soon lost Haynes , but Richards , on his home ground , and Greenidge set off at an explosive pace with 45 off the first seven overs .
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