Sentence examples for was setting off from from inspiring English sources

In the mid-1970s I was setting off from my West Berlin hotel toward the train into East Berlin, when the writer Jerzy Kosinski begged me not to go beyond the Brandenburg Gate.

The factory was set off from the street in a courtyard.

The town was set off from New Bedford and incorporated in 1812.

The China pavilion was set off from the rest of the fair, both geographically and aesthetically.

The first digit of the feet and hands was set off from the rest and may have been opposable.

The community, named for Woburn, England, was set off from Charlestown and incorporated as a town in 1642.

An enormous soaking tub was set off from the two sinks by more glass, and a large steam shower anchored the trio.

Settled about 1750 and originally called Yokuntown, it was set off from Richmond in 1767 and was probably named for Charles Lennox, 3rd duke of Richmond and a defender of colonial rights.

In 1847 it was set off from Andover and Methuen and incorporated as a town, and it developed as one of the largest woolen-textile centres in the United States after completion of the Boston and Maine Railroad (now closed).

The device was set off from the North Stand at the Falkirk Stadium.

(RNS) Oklahoma's devastating tornado stirred up a theological debate that was set off from a series of deleted tweets referencing the Book of Job.