Example sentences of "and [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The first evening we left the children with some of the helpers and my husband , David , and I set out to Mass at the convent .
2 The farmer 's wife has kindly pressed my kilt and I set off into town with a small group of Commandos , all of us determined to enjoy ourselves , and , of course , to sort out the local French girls .
3 Val and I set off with intentions to watch the jumps , but the Skippers road to the bridge is specifically excluded from motor insurance policies and when we saw it , we understood why ; it 's a dirt track along a precipice .
4 ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport .
5 Fiona and I set off from Fulham in our car at about 9 a.m .
6 However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour .
7 Our escorting Wellington was delayed due to phenomenal sandstorms in the Delta area , and it was only on 18 March that it arrived and we set off for Benina to refuel before the sea leg to Malta .
8 However conditions seemed promising in the morning and we set off with lunch packs in our bags and hope in our hearts ! on the two-hour boat run there are always lots of birds to look at , and soon after we left ‘ the narrows ’ of the harbour entrance we were aware of black-browed albatrosses .
9 Michele rejoined her and they set off on foot .
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