Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] a long " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 2 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 3 | Here he stuck out his chest and strutted about like a professional walker setting out on a long distance race . |
| 4 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
| 5 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 6 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |
| 7 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |