Example sentences of "have [adv] set off " in BNC.
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| 1 | Irina had already set off carrying two suitcases . |
| 2 | Stephen had already set off down the path . |
| 3 | Resort officials had deliberately set off a number of small avalanches on Saturday morning as a normal safety procedure . |
| 4 | Captain Glen had recently reported that the university had been retaken with little opposition , and Mortimer had immediately set off . |
| 5 | Before he had even set off , however , Pliny the Elder received urgent requests for help from people living nearer the volcano , so his trip which had been intended as something of a scientific investigation rapidly became a rescue mission . |
| 6 | You have n't set off yet George . |
| 7 | I have done the route a dozen or more times since that distant autumn , and although I know it is ‘ easy ’ I have never set off across that huge ceiling without a feeling of apprehension . |