| They looked at each other and set off at a run, the girl trailing behind them, and the boy behind her. |
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| Personnel from HMAS Anzac set off to do a tour of Egypt while the ship is anchored near the entrance to the Suez Canal. |
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| Sam Carradice and I set off to tackle this equipped with a bolting kit, 25 ft ladder, slings and rope. |
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| In the collection for this winter, leaf-green, chestnut, grey and navy are set off with broken stripes in unusual shades. |
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| I set off for the day with a picnic of dried apricots, mulberries and nan bread. |
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| If you are planning to snow-blade or ice skate, or to go tobogganing, snow-mobiling or ski-bobbing, check your cover before you set off. |
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| Cleopatra would never have set off to woo Mark Anthony armed with a single spritz of attar of roses. |
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| You can also attach this to a door to set off the alarm if an intruder tries to get in. |
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| Graham finished up in Somerset this morning and set off on the next leg of his long journey, to visit his father who has been seriously ill. |
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| I gathered my legal pads, packed my laptop, bought a road map, and set off to do what real historians do. |
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| The Princess had a distinguished face, thin and drawn, set off by long black uncombed hair and she wore a long dark gown down to her feet. |
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| Thick curtains and drapes set off luxurious leather-covered cushions with button-up fronts that look mouth-wateringly comfortable. |
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| Also, she was small and thin with straight brown hair that seemed to set off the overall mousiness of her. |
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| And he immediately set off at a jog-trot down an unapproved road near Aughnacloy or Swanllinbar or Lifford. |
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| The sky is rosy as we mount our bikes and set off down the hill in the bracing cold. |
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| Riding different types of motorcycles, the bikers will first set off for Shimla from Delhi. |
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| I set off on this particular bus journey as dusk was approaching, little realising that I was about to take my life in my hands. |
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| So, after a peek at the paintings and assemblages in the local art gallery we set off at a steady pace half-expecting to meet them. |
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| I set off with my ubiquitous armed guards into the Hawlwadig district near the city's Bakara market. |
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| He set off at a slow walk, through the empty moonlit streets, an eerie quietness surrounding them. |
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| We duly set off, heading across the Eday Sound, a channel of water between Sanday and Eday about three miles across. |
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| The rip-offs can vary from interest overcharging to the failure to set off loan accounts against accounts which are in credit. |
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| Since then his life couldn't have been any more bumpy or gruelling had he set off down a mogul run on a tea tray. |
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| We set off after a Sunday lunch with maps, camera, binoculars, bird and flower books. |
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| Darius turned and set off at a stumbling run towards the entrance to the sanctuary. |
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| The roan gelding set off immediately and the buggy headed back down the road to pass under the large stone arch. |
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| This scene came to mind as the audience roared with laughter when he set off the bomb. |
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| He set off into the woods, and strapping the bag around his neck, he stopped near a rabbit's warren. |
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| In a drunken rage, the three roisterers set off in a run until they came to the tree, and there they found a pile of gold. |
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| Men and women braved the arctic weather conditions and set off on the long trail. |
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| He was grinning as he set off at a lope for home, already framing his reply in his mind. |
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| Fireworks must not be set off near livestock or horses in fields or close to barns and stables. |
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| Taking this to mean there would be an emergency phone, I set off walking along the highway in the direction of the arrow. |
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| The arms stopped at the elbow in a double ruffle edged with lace and the whole outfit was set off with a matching choker. |
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| A lone tear traced its path down Serena's face as she set off into the forest, holding Gideon's hand tightly. |
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| New technologies set off a rush to explore the continent's vast shale gas deposits that eventually drew in the major oil companies. |
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| Dedicated fundraisers are set to take on everything from swarms of midges to blisters when they set off on a 100-mile walk. |
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| I set off along that familiar walk toward the workshops, the guards falling in behind me. |
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| Suddenly there was a big explosion that shook the floor as Grant set off the bombs, followed by a great crash as the gates. |
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| By contrast, now I just sit there and wait for the magic word to set off the blue touchpaper. |
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| Howley, hemmed in on the left flank, dabbed a clever grubber kick up the touchline, and set off in pursuit. |
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| And Jewell knows he is now facing up to a severe test of his managerial skills as Wigan aim to set off on a winning run. |
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| I set off late to give the sediment time to settle, and I headed off from the jetty to the west side of the tiny island of Renggis nearby. |
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| He partook of a leisurely breakfast, and set off to the sound of church bells in the clear air. |
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| Armed with the map, Richard and a young French couple he has met set off to find the beach. |
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| Pinky mauve or white, the dainty nodding flowers are set off by the beautifully marbled dark green leaves. |
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| Pink daffodils are set off to perfection by perennials with foliage in supporting colors. |
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| In typical movie monster fashion, people are killed, bombs are set off, and the monster comes out of hiding. |
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| Flour was strewn everywhere, including over two pool tables and six fire extinguishers had been set off. |
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| Around him, bombs were set off, but he only noticed it because he saw them hitting the dark barrier and creating ripples through the shield. |
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| Systems need to be put in place so that information is passed and alarm signals are set off. |
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| Powder and water fire extinguishers were set off, door locks smashed, and cupboards and drawers tipped out. |
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| The bombs are set off by remote-controlled detonators made from simple devices like this car alarm. |
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| Hunter barely managed to stifle a chuckle, but Brandon was set off into a full laugh. |
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| The notion that one can set off on a journey and arrive at the promised time is regarded as a joke. |
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| If I wore clothing that set off an airport metal detector I wouldn't mind being searched and I would understand the reason why. |
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| At 8.15 last night, the group went to board a flight to Singapore when one man set off a metal detector. |
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| The figure of Christ, his sepulchral pallor set off by a shroud of tender pink, confronts the viewer with awesome directness. |
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| Okay, then, I'll ask my people to send my luggage on later, I'd rather set off earlier and travel in comfort. |
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| She hopes to set off in the catamaran Kingfisher II next January, with a team of 14, to beat the current record of 64 days. |
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| They set off after breakfast, heading east toward the mountain range barely visible in the distance. |
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| The two bikers today set off on the eighth stage, through Mauritania from Atar to Tidjikja. |
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| After a simple, single whistle from Arvid, they set off at a hearty gallop southeast across the great meadowlands. |
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| The mauve jacket she wore with white trousers set off her lightly tanned skin and her sage green eyes. |
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| Every Indian leader has feared that if Kashmir breaks away then it could set off other movements for secession from the Indian state. |
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| We arrived in Mallaig just before 9am, posted a card to the family matriarch, and set off home. |
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| The dying matriarch of the family has set off a battle between her descendants for control of the estate. |
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| Squalls were setting up whirlpools on Loch Linnhe as I set off and the distant hills of Appin merged into the dank grey of the sky. |
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| Police were still searching for clues to determine who had set off the bomb. |
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| Before too much height is lost, the pilot will seek another thermal, gain height in it, and then set off on course yet again. |
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| Clad in thermal underwear, a drysuit, flippers and gloves, and wearing weights on her legs and belt, she set off at midnight. |
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| Once you have read about them, you can even set off and find them thanks to a series of local walks and maps. |
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| Before you set off on your next family walk or outing, try making one of these super easy scroggin mixes to keep your energy up. |
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| I met the Frootbat beside the bandstand in the Exhibition Park at about 3.30 and we set off up to the Moor. |
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| This information is set off from the main text and highlighted in red so that the reader can easily identify these personalized approaches. |
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| The finale is especially charming when the Italians climb into hot-air balloons to set off for their homeland. |
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| It was a little dangerous as we were worried that our oldest son might kick the soccer ball over the wire and set off the alarms. |
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| When everyone was done, and the two little terrors had both used the rest room, we went back to the RV and set off again. |
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| Temple officials beat drums and rang bells to welcome the president-elect, while neighborhood residents set off firecrackers. |
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| One mouthful of the smooth, dense confection set off an explosion of bakeapple flavour in my mouth. |
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| We set off through the illuminated streets of nighttime London, round Hyde Park Corner, up Piccadilly and through the backstreets of Mayfair. |
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| At the end of these days we set off down the estuary past innumerable little verdured islands. |
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| However he was called in the afternoon by his friends who said she had set off in a southerly direction. |
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| My team of four set off to Plum Island, a freshwater tidal wetland on the bay side. |
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| We set off in an open cart drawn by four whip-scarred little oxen and piled high with equipment and provisions. |
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| I set off downstream, walking, wading and scrambling, trying to stay upright on the algae-covered rocks. |
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| When I set off for work this morning, I forgot to take into account the strong northerly winds, and took my brolly instead of a waterproof. |
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| Both sets of planes have set off on their daily sorties with vastly differing missions before them. |
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| It had 184,000 miles on the clock when we set off and it's over 3,000 miles to Barcelona, but so far it's doing fine. |
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| And in a comment sure to set off a firestorm, Kaplan said faculty should attend professional conferences on their own time. |
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| It's kind of a browny-purple number which is set off nicely by a cashmere scarf that's dull purple on one side and beige on the other. |
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| He set off in the afternoon and was meant to meet Margaret in the bed and breakfast at teatime but did not turn up. |
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| During the siege he set off a fire extinguisher and told the police he had accelerants. |
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| These borders indicate the early acceptance of the idea of a frame as a way to set off, isolate and distinguish a drawing or painting. |
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| Seven British warships and support vessels have set off on a voyage around the world to mark the new millennium. |
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| If Hannibal had listened too long to his accountants, he might not have set off in the first place. |
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| Three medieval knights set off on their horses on their individual quests to put right all things that have gone wrong. |
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| The weather had been fine when we set off and I hadn't brought waterproofs. |
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| Miss Kelly said their attempt to jemmy the shop door set off the burglar alarm alerting passing motorist Andrew Carlton. |
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| Fed and watered, we set off again, after a bit of tarting around in the car park. |
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| Three maidens and a wicket in the first five overs increased the pressure on the Dolphins batsmen as they set off chasing a big target. |
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| It therefore set off without notice the credit balance in the current account against the sum due under the loan account. |
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| The trash bin was stuffed to the brim, but Blair's crate was set off to the side, smashed into several pieces. |
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| After taking a few seconds to find their bearings, the two set off for their landing sight. |
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| Men with short back and sides dressed in gleaming white singlets and shorts set off downriver while a little coxswain in a cap urges them on. |
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| Nares immediately telegraphed the engine room to stop and had the ship put about and set off back over its track. |
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| Hotels and the more well-to-do families on the hillsides would set off fireworks. |
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| After a traditional breakfast on Tuesday morning, we will set off again for Baikonur. |
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| Tamagotchi, which first went on sale in 1996, recorded 40 million in global sales and helped set off an explosion of handheld virtual pets. |
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| And talking of holidays, it's time I signed off and set off for a week at the seaside. |
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| At first the deficit was partly masked by rampant inflation and partly also set off against the money coming in from privatizations. |
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| Numerous teams of volunteers set off armed with litter-pickers and bags as dawn was breaking. |
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| The thief behind the wheel set off while his accomplice ran behind him down Whitworth Street West. |
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| In retrospect, I wish I'd got someone at the other end of the room to call me when he set off. |
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| Before people had set off for Auchterarder, a police source had untruthfully informed the media that the organisers had cancelled the march. |
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| His features were handsome, and the whiteness of his stout throat was well set off by a black cravat. |
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| I set off an a wild goose chase for corned beef and white pudding, but having no luck, I returned to the hotel for a late lunch. |
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| So, equipped with kedge anchors and cable, and adorned in their skin-tight diving gear, they set off. |
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| My reacquaintance with the new Hyundai Elantra got off to a bad start when the first thing I did was set off the car alarm. |
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| He must carry forward the unused part of his limit for set off against his income in the following year. |
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| My head feels like someone set off a bomb in it, and I'm wobbly on my feet, but at least I don't feel sick. |
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| Once set off, they will shoot into the air, pop once, twice, thrice, and shower the old people and children below with an airburst of hot embers. |
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| Fireworks were set off over the family home and airhorns sounded outside in the middle of the night. |
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| Watch for loose slides in the new snow. This may be enough to set off windslab underneath. |
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| The 61-year-old, who set off in GlobalFlyer last Wednesday, took the record when he completed 26,389.3 air miles over Shannon in Ireland. |
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| Last year hundreds of birds died of fright due to fireworks being set off near the Hutchinson Road sanctuary. |
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| If the alarm is set off the light on the main panel will let you know which zone the intruder is in. |
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| The thieves would survey a shop using stolen vehicles and then set off its alarms and disable security devices at night. |
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| Even so, the Americans set off at a cracking pace northwards towards Baghdad. |
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| When the receptor bound to CD19 on leukemic cells, it set off a reaction that super-charged the killing activity of the NK cell. |
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| In the end, we set off on foot and walk for an hour before we manage to flag a taxi down at a crossroads. |
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| I do wish we hadn't bottled out and set off the flare we found on the beach. |
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| The coin landed tails, the outback was their destination and the pair set off in a T model Ford, nicknamed Henrietta. |
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| Brick alcoves in the walls are set off with ornamental urns with pot plants. |
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| Darren was in the process of trying to refold the map he'd spread out on his knees as we'd set off, and wasn't having much luck at that. |
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| He set off in the early hours of one morning and finished in the small hours of the next. |
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| In the ensuing panic, it appears other hostages had inadvertently set off booby traps laid in the theatre by the rebels. |
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| There he saw that his dogs had roused a wild boar from its lair, and he set off on a chase. |
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| The moisture in the breath of visitors could set off the corrosion cycle again, but the system keeps the relative humidity below 40 per cent. |
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| Dusk was gently closing in and the mist rolling up from the Ribble estuary as we parked the car and set off along the tow path. |
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| Many top alpinists set off on expeditions with a Washburn contact print, a hand-drawn map, and a scouting report sent by Washburn himself. |
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| After a hurried lunch of brown beans doused in tahini with salad and chips, we set off. |
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| He doubted anyone would mind if he caught a brief nap before they set off this afternoon. |
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| Their toe-to-toe battle set off mayhem around them, and when things eventually died down, Lander yellow-carded both players. |
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| Unable to answer this question, I unmoored my houseboat and set off round England's waterways, in search of happiness. |
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| Then the group set off up the narrow winding lane to the main road and the lay-by. |
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| But the day before, a man by the name of Ah Qiang was arrested when he set off to sell vegetables. |
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| Fortified by a twice-baked Goats cheese souffle and a wine that was fresh, crisp and fruity, I set off for my final rendezvous with his holiness. |
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| The day after the funeral, Wesley and Chad filled their saddlebags with food stolen from their home larders and set off on a long ride. |
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| Walkers set off from Cudham village on a choice of routes ranging from three to eight miles. |
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| After the last supper on the final night, the team set off from the camp at midnight. |
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| Eventually, clothing was suitably sorted and we set off, arriving a fashionable 30 minutes late. |
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| Phil set off at 10 pm on Thursday evening in far from ideal conditions for a record attempt. |
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| Police have announced a crackdown on yobs who set off fireworks before Bonfire Night. |
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| Many a year has slipped by since that day in 1950 when Martin Niland set off on his bicycle for Annagh Hill polling station in Kiltimagh. |
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| Eventually, I think, something will happen, some spark will be set off that lights a fire under this market. |
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| Arlene said that after giving her the 50 cents, Gina no longer had enough money to take the bus and had set off for home on foot. |
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| On December 6, Liautaud and his teammate Doug Stoup, set off from Antarctica on a 640-kilometer ski journey to the South Pole. |
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| Empire will be hate-watched and may set off some conversations on its way from fading from our minds. |
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| This time it was Faizal Shahzad, a Pakistani-American who attempted to set off a car bomb in Times Square. |
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| All it takes is one misplaced or mistimed trade, one small bit of misinformation or incorrect data, to set off a chain reaction. |
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| The guard had been working in the public waiting area of York Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon when a man set off an alarm on a walk-through metal detector. |
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| Having seen two tours set off, I go for a wander round Parliament Square. |
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| He lowered the nose and the chopper gained momentum, banking sharply to the left, he checked his magnetic compass and set off at a bearing of 282 degrees. |
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| The jones, the real smack was not the chemicals themselves, but the euphoria of the endless possibilities set off by the acquisition of the substance. |
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| Huge blocks of pale turquoise were set off by strips of lemon yellow hems or belts, and oversized rainbow stripes crisscrossed the body on dresses and shell tops. |
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| Remember, Karl's scoop last week, timed to the testimony of the three consular aides, set off an earthquake. |
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| This was the season when I'd once again set off across the stubbly fields to school, the sky infused with a pumpkin light, and the first whiff of banger smoke on the air. |
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| He partook of a leisurely breakfast, paid his reckoning, had the ostler bring his horse, and set off to the sound of church bells in the clear air. |
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| After a hasty lunch in the dining hall, the Hollands hit Bowdoin, drop me at the airport, and set off for Williams College. |
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| The ouster of President Hosni Mubarak will not set off a domino effect in the region, Parag Khanna says. |
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| I turned on my heel and immediately set off in the direction of the sound, in a straight line so that I had to hop over a wall and leap a few bushes. |
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| The expedition crossed the shelf of rock, testing the non-slip soles of their rubber boots to the limit, and set off along slightly yielding sand. |
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| When cities started adding chlorine to their water supplies, in the early 1900s, it set off public outcry. |
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| Some say that tanzanite, the blue variety of zoisite, is what set off the gem rush in East Africa, although Madagascar was producing other fine gems at the time. |
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| Think of the chain set off when Audrey Hepburn, and not Julie Andrews, was cast as Eliza Doolittle. |
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| But I can remember the days when a smile, a wink of the eye or an arch of the eyebrow set off the whole shooting match and a light fire would run beneath my skin. |
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| Shortly after they set off, Rhodes pulled into a rest area to sleep. |
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| So, armed with a length of twine, I set off to capture the dog. |
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| Having an auto obviously means you can't rev the engine, drop the clutch and set off with tyres squealing as you try for maximum acceleration off the line. |
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| In the beautiful spring with flowers blooming, we set off for Yangzhou. |
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| Washington evens it up by shooting Wahlberg in the leg, then throws an arm around him as they set off together. |
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| After he collided with a stone central reservation in Petergate, he struck a police Transit van, reversed the car and set off at speed towards Cheapside. |
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| Andy and Kevin set off for a two-month trip to the Antipodes on Thursday, and the first of Andy's characteristically opaque text messages arrived soon afterwards. |
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| The tweet set off an Internet firestorm and was retweeted nearly 15,000 times in less than an hour. |
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| The single sentence and brief webcast set off a firestorm of coverage and criticism, surprising Posner. |
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| There is no hero worship of the leader, no particularly unusual rituals, no millennial apocalypses or anything else that would set off alarm bells. |
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| We set off eastwards along the valley following the line of the mountains. |
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| Clode apparently took an Instagram video with the star, and tagged him, which allegedly set off a night of flirting. |
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| We had a quick picnic lunch at one of the wooden tables and set off. |
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| Apart from the ingenious designs, set off by the lustred tin-glaze, the specific heraldic programme gives them a unique place in Niculoso's oeuvre. |
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| I hung on to the back of his kilt as he set off in his stout brogues and little protection against the weather other than a sou'wester and a mackintosh. |
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| Derrick Shareef December 2006 Planned to set off grenades at a shopping mall near Chicago. |
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| She took two torpedoes and one bomb, which set off a magazine explosion. |
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| We had set off on a romp and a ramble through tangly woods and snow dusted fields and had found ourselves standing on molehills and wondering just exactly where we were. |
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| During the week Mark set off with Andre to find the baboon spider. |
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| But those kinds of decisions are going to set off a sort of Hobbesian war of all-against-all within the Democratic coalition. |
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| The sprinklers are set off, so, naturally, Ghost Shark arrives through the sprinkler water and eats the museum keeper. |
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| The NY Governor has set off a right-wing firestorm, standing accused of seeking to stifle free speech and political plurality. |
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| The assumption that Boehner's departure is imminent has set off a round of jockeying for the positions that would open up. |
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| Minutes later he was back to hand the baton to the next runner who set off towards Smithy Bridge as smiling onlookers applauded and yelled their support. |
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| I should have twigged that it was going to be an exciting ride after the driver twice started to set off, whilst my wife and friend were getting in the car. |
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| He set off across the cavern, his tail flicking back and forth angrily. |
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| The bomber told soldiers at the crossing point that she would set off a metal detector because she had an implant from surgery to repair a broken leg. |
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| When a suspect's mobile device gets close, an alarm will be set off. |
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| All wars are set off by actions taken by a Reactionary Power who is dissatisfied with the existing status quo, a state of affairs which suits the status quo power. |
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| The woodwork is beautiful and it is set off by overhead brass lamps. |
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| Her hair, braided from the bark of the willow is set off by the woven spiders webs attached to the windows, adding to the eerie view from the corridor of the school. |
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| So Meekins, at noon or thereabout, set off for Philadelphia, and before dark he was heard from. |
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| She ate her meal, and then set off, pretending to go berrying. |
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| The focal point is a rocky stream that takes up the lower midsection of the painting, while to the far left one can see a gently curving road, set off by a low fence. |
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| He had not set off a series of bombs, killing and maiming innocent bystanders in broad daylight. |
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| The sun was shining bright though this lunchtime, so I set off up Sauchihall street with my camera with the intention of taking many photos of things that took my fancy. |
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| We were running up and down shouting and calling, pulling at gates, knocking on metal fences, even trying to short-circuit electric fences to set off alarms. |
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| The TSA agents selected the boy for additional screening after he set off a metal detector. |
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| On Friday, my friend Nigel and I set off armed with copies in triplicate of the witness statements I'd collected to deliver to said parties as per court order. |
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| Her candidacy set off a controversy about whether she was neglecting her children, in particular her special-needs baby. |
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| That evening we set off to fish the harbour mouth from the rock wall. |
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| Arms tired from waving, she set off into the dark forest, weighed down by her rucksack and ready for anything with deerskin clothes on and her blowpipe loaded. |
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| The mudslides were set off on Christmas Day after a downpour fell on hillsides that had been stripped of vegetation by wildfires in October and November. |
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| He yelled and they set off, spurring their horses into a gallop. |
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| I go through security, where my underwire bra did not set off an alarm. |
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| The whaling ship Terra Nova sailed from New Zealand in November 1910 and the expedition set off from base the following October, with mechanical sledges, ponies and dogs. |
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| Evans and his crew returned victorious from the 1928-29 Surfboat Championships and set off to tackle the Bombora now breaking massively out to sea off the surf club. |
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| She waved me off as I set off into the unknown territory of Park Mountain. |
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| The Germans set a boxcar on fire, which set off a chain reaction of massive explosions that continued until dawn, which revealed a sky smirched with smoke and ash. |
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| The Bourbon period set off growing violence and lynch mobs as illegal forms of control, introducing what he calls the most brutal system of punishment in U.S. history. |
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| They can be set off by steam from a boiling pot of pasta or by heat rising from an open oven door, causing, well, alarm. |
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| Upwardly mobile types set off for hikes up mountains in exotic locals. |
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| And so, to make certain that the sorceress's prophecy did not come to pass, the king disguised himself as a traveling merchant and set off for the peasant's home. |
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| That way not only do you set off the alarm if you leave the store without visiting the cashier, but you also can't take any nibbles before you pay up. |
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| Trying to cure a broken heart, she set off on a trip to India. |
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| In November 2000 they set off for a five-day training run and found themselves crewing the boat into the teeth of a force eight south-westerly gale. |
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| That set off a wave of criticism of the defense chief's brusque manner. |
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| I can feel excitement bubbling up to the surface for the first time since I set off and remember how great my last trip to Australia was 4 years ago. |
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| The two posses decided to join forces and set off hauling their rations down the street. |
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| We set off along a narrow path through speargrass taller than a man. |
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| He was awoken before dawn by the strange lilting sound of Ottoman bugles, and after prayers and a breakfast of melons he set off behind the Mutawwif towards the Sacred Mosque. |
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| Upon landing in Bordeaux, they set off on a walking tour with their art equipment in hand, intending to reach Rome. |
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| In August he set off for Strasbourg, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire and a refuge for reformers. |
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| Thousands more fans lined the route to Prestwick Airport as the team set off for South America. |
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| And so given the embarrassed financial condition of his mother, Handel set off for Hamburg to obtain experience while supporting himself. |
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| In January 1949, in a very weak condition, he set off for a sanatorium at Cranham, Gloucestershire, escorted by Richard Rees. |
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| They set off on May, and on June discovered Bear Island and Spitsbergen, sighting its northwest coast. |
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| His sister Marjorie died of kidney disease in May and shortly after, on 22 May 1946, Orwell set off to live on the Isle of Jura. |
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| Geophysicists dig a hole some 100 meters deep, pack in explosives, seal the hole, and set off a downward-directed kaboom. |
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| The underground test, which set off powerful seismic waves, drew condemnation from Britain, Washington, the UN and others. |
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| They will be fitted with special tags that set off electronic bleepers if they go too near their victims' homes. |
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| Spectacular fire crackers, enclosed in safety cages, were set off outside homes and restaurants which led to applause from the assembled throng. |
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| Sporting shower caps and loofahs the pair set off from Gloucestershire on Saturday and should arrive in London today. |
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| But the poem set off tiny sticks of dynamite behind my eyes. |
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| This last set off a small craze for writing new fables, and particularly political fables. |
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| He set off from the coast of Senegal in a 24ft homemade rowboat. |
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| She drew admiring glances in St James's Park as she confidently set off on the rollerblades. |
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| This first session set off a domino effect of unexpected proportions. |
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| That same evening Catesby, likely accompanied by John Wright and Bates, set off for the Midlands. |
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| Louise Cruises luxury liner Aquamarine MV set off on its maiden voyage to Male in The Maldives last week. |
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| As one who would not be balked in his determination to spend Sunday in deaconly pursuits, he had set off along the walk. |
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| They set off a radio beacon after claiming that Mr Sellers wanted to scuttle the yacht. |
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| He rapped the blade against the window and demanded she get out but she set off the car alarm before driving away. |
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| It is too hot to eat much, so we lunch on bananas and the gache loaf bought the previous day, and set off for Guernsey at half past one. |
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| Ansa said that the ship had set off from the port of Liverpool and was understood to be en route to Vietnam with a cargo of iron. |
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| Holmes, 24, allegedly set off a smoke bomb and killed nearly 12 people during the screening of the new Batman movie at movie hall in Denver. |
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| Containment and predictability are always set off against amorphousness and the unexpected. |
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| Li Changbo set off from Yangzhou city in Jiangsu province and has traveled thousands of miles on foot, Metro. |
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| I bundled Julia into a snowsuit, and we set off to Riverside Park. |
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| Also in the northwest, 19 workers lost their lives in a cave-in set off by an explosion in a mine in December. |
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| However, around Halloween a large amount of fireworks are set off, due to the ease of being able to purchase from Northern Ireland. |
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| We soldiers changed into our No.1 dress uniforms, Sid into his best whistle and we set off for the church. |
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| In April 2012, the sonic boom from two RAF Typhoons rattled windows, shook walls and set off car alarms in Coventry and Warwickshire. |
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| It set off a tsunami of debate among the more esoteric critics, who either loved it or hated it but could not ignore it. |
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| To turn it down, would have set off alarm bells to her family. |
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| The Rose Tower, designed for the king's private use, set off the west corner of the range. |
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| I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it. |
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| My taxes did not increase because the amount of my raise was set off by my losses in the stock market. |
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| Jansports and cargo pants were everywhere, set off with overstated polos, rugbies, and sweatshirts blaring the logos of hip hop designers. |
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| He set off for the city with his family and servants but only got as far as Dorchester before expiring at the coaching inn there. |
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| Nicky Reilly accidentally set off a home-made nail bomb in a toilet cubicle as he prepared to target innocent customers. |
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| In the spring of 1649 Khabarov set off at his own expense up the Olyokma River, then its branch, the Tungur and portaged to the Shilka River. |
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| English people held Catherine in high esteem, and her death set off tremendous mourning. |
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| It slipped into a loss during the third quarter, of 88,369 dinars set off by foreign currency translation adjustments. |
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| Meanwhile, with Seurat, he set off to articulate the theories of neoimpressionism. |
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| He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off. |
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| The conquerors set off to the rest of the empire, founding cities and overpowering their people. |
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| These officials set off with the Herculean task of restoring peace for the province. |
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| After spending a month in Gao, Ibn Battuta set off with a large caravan for the oasis of Takedda. |
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| The 'Ten Pound Poms' as they were known in Australia, embarked on to ships such as RMS Mooltan and set off for a new life. |
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| A classic gold rush had been set off that would have tragic consequences for the Caribbean's indigenous people and cultures. |
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| It is claimed that Abubakari II abdicated his throne and set off to explore these western lands. |
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| Nelson set off in pursuit but after searching the eastern Mediterranean he learned that the French had been blown back into Toulon. |
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| James Cook's second voyage set off from Cape Verde on 22 November 1772 to find Cape Circoncision, but was unable to find the cape. |
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| Backed by three escort boats and smeared in porpoise oil, he set off into the ebb tide at a steady breaststroke. |
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| By the time 5th Indian Brigade set off, the defenders had started to withdraw and their objective was taken with virtually no opposition. |
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| Four yachts set off immediately, with 14 others being made ready within 24 hours. |
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| Once Nelson realised that the French had crossed the Atlantic Ocean, he set off in pursuit. |
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| It was also the last single SFA released on Creation Records, as founder Alan McGee set off to pursue other interests. |
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| Brakesmen were placed between the waggons, and the train set off, led by a man on horseback with a flag. |
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| Accompanied by his wife, they set off on 26 May 1818 to stay in Flanders where Davy was invited to by the coal miners. |
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| Strickland set off at once, and that was the last Captain Nichols saw of him. |
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| And Baithene set off for Tiree, and when the whale appeared, he raised his hands and blessed it and it went back down into the ocean. |
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