Example sentences of "[pron] be set off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gav is setting off from Oxford , I am setting off from West London . |
| 2 | The most precious opals , including black opals the rainbow colours of which are set off against a sombre background , are those from the opal fields of Australia opened as lately as 1872 but not seriously exploited until the twentieth century . |
| 3 | Well like I mean we all know what a bell is , a bell which is set off by by a human body coming in . |
| 4 | She is one of three Guinness people who are setting off on the Raleigh scheme next year — the other two work at Guinness Ireland and at head office in Portman Square . |
| 5 | hello there … today we 've come east to the far east for our Central South sport … we 're in Nepal with some local pioneers who are setting off on the first ever Kathmandu marathon … before we run we have join our football parade … |
| 6 | ‘ Now you are setting off on mad expeditions . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You are to set off at first light tomorrow . |
| 8 | Or suppose you 're setting off on a driving tour of Spain and you do n't speak the language . |
| 9 | When you go and buy your ticket and you 're setting off on that day |
| 10 | ‘ Guv'nor says you 're to set off on the side nearest him , ’ Bob said briefly . |
| 11 | Keeping under cover , Adam followed a group who were setting off from their barracks . |
| 12 | ‘ Come for us at home , ’ was what George had said , ‘ we 're setting off from there . |
| 13 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 14 | Why did you suppose we were setting off with a stretcher and torches , at this time of night ? ’ |
| 15 | They 're setting off across Cirencester on a daily journey , carrying a little bit of their garden with them . |
| 16 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 17 | For most of the children it was a big adventure , at least when they were setting off with their school friends . |
| 18 | In theory , it was set off by two boys who stole a can of soft drink from a third boy . |
| 19 | ‘ So it was set off by the simple act of turning on the lamp ? ’ |