Example sentences of "and set [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At sixteen he ran away from Harrow , and set up as a film director , work which took him to central Europe and east Africa , but proved financially unrewarding . |
| 2 | In 1889 he left the lace business in search of larger fortunes and set up as a stockbroker in Nottingham . |
| 3 | In 1799 , having decided that strict attention to work was undermining his health , Edwards turned his business over to R. H. Evans [ q.v. ] and set up as a gentleman collector . |
| 4 | He fled to Cyprus without his wife and set up as a storekeeper and contractor . |
| 5 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 6 | But at last they reached the top and set out along a ridge under the clear blue sky , valleys running steeply to left and right of them . |
| 7 | In the late Sixties , Kasmin swallowed his pride and set off as a travelling salesman on behalf of the gallery to America , travelling the States with a bagful of transparencies , finding out who was interested in art from the local museums , and visiting people who did n't get to New York . |
| 8 | Not for the first time , Josh wondered how much use an aging and lame night watchman would be in an emergency , but he put this thought aside and set off on a tour of inspection . |
| 9 | The boy dropped the halter he was holding and set off at a run through the gateway and towards the big house . |
| 10 | Petion nodded and set off at a trot . |
| 11 | Hrun slung the unconscious dragonlord over his shoulder and set off at a trot back to the arena . |
| 12 | At last he turned north again , his dog still running at his heels , and set off to a village just outside London . |