Example sentences of "[noun] he set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After short periods as general manager and chief engineer of the Mutual and the New Telephone Companies he set up in practice in 1893 as a consulting telephone and telegraph engineer , in which capacity he acted as consulting engineer to the telephone departments of Guernsey ( 1896–1921 ) and Glasgow ( 1900–4 ) , as well as Portsmouth , Hull , Brighton , and Swansea ( 1900–11 ) . |
| 2 | Once when Denis Wirth-Miller was staying at Allen Street he set out for Soho in a cab with Minton who had four sailors in tow . |
| 3 | Rushing off across the moors he set off in pursuit of Tamara . |
| 4 | ‘ That fateful day he set off for work and their lives changed forever is etched on Wyn 's memory . |
| 5 | One day he set off for Barnard Castle to address a meeting , but got so hopelessly drunk on the journey he was unable to speak on his arrival . |
| 6 | When they set off for church he set off for London , driving fast . |
| 7 | At the same time he set up in practice as a consulting engineer and naval architect in London , where he remained until his death . |