Example sentences of "and set [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instantly he did a lightning U-turn and set out back to the stables , leaving Perdita swearing on the stone-hard ground while all the onlookers roared with laughter and Alejandro shouted in broken English at her . |
| 2 | The waiter gave the slightest of bows , turned and set off back to the café . |
| 3 | When I opened my eyes , it had got colder , so I stood up , brushed off my blazer and set off back to the Gendarmerie . |
| 4 | She stopped for a moment to brush the dust from her hands and clothes and set off back to the house . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll be as quick as I can , ’ he said to Bernice and set off back down the passageway with Rosheen . |
| 6 | After creating the maximum of confusion , they piled into the Lancia and set off back along the road for their rendezvous with the LRDG , accompanied by an Italian whom they had taken prisoner after he had foolishly asked Lewes for a light while the latter was placing a bomb on his truck . |