Sentence examples for had set off from from inspiring English sources

Melly said Pierre had set off from "a hard day's shift" with no money.

It had set off from Paris to Cairo when it disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean.

Forty years ago this very week – 16 May 1974 – a plane that had set off from Lahore landed in London.

Four people are believed to have died when a small jet which had set off from Britain crashed near an airfield in western Germany today.

Cavendish's last crew had set off from England wearing wool and leather and returned dressed in Asian silks.The voyage of 1591 started well enough.

The mountaineers had set off from a hut in the early hours, only for the "slab avalanche" to strike without warning and in good weather conditions.

Police said the minibus, which is believed to have set off from South Elmsall near Wakefield, had been on its way to Liverpool when the crash happened.

Having set off from Florida in search of gold in 1528, the small fleet foundered, and Cabeza de Vaca was swept ashore on Galveston Island off Texas.

The word from the farmer who owns the land is good: two nightingales – said to have set off from Senegal in February – were heard on Tuesday.

We were again riding in the back of his S.U.V., having set off from his house, a Hollywood Hills mansion with an infinity pool dripping over the horizon.

In Italy, the government is facing political repercussions after 1,000 US paratroopers landed in northern Iraq on Wednesday having set off from a US base at Vicenza.