Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 2 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 3 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 4 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 5 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 6 | So one set out with a policy of having good human relations and my friendship with Marcus Sieff ( now president of Marks $ Spencer ) dating back to 1953 has also had an influence . |
| 7 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 8 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 9 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 10 | Now he sets out on the second stage of the journey , with Sarai , his childless wife , and his nephew Lot . |
| 11 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 12 | Then she set off across the shimmering grass , towards the dank , smelly , but mercifully cool ‘ Ladies ’ . |
| 13 | He placed his arm round my waist , which gave me a pleasurable feeling I 'd never experienced , and then we set off to the picture house . |
| 14 | Then they set off at a run , Jim and Louise leading the way , Jube pounding along behind them . |
| 15 | Then they set off over the fields for the nearest village , two miles away . |
| 16 | Then they set off after the horses . |
| 17 | From there they set off to the landing ground which was Fraser 's target . |
| 18 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 19 | Then he set out along the path that the old man had shown him . |
| 20 | From there he set off with a caravan of mules on a journey of some eight hundred miles to Nairobi . |
| 21 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 22 | Once again we set out in the pre-dawn walk through the forest , the amble across the alpine pastures , and the short struggle up the screes to the foot of the wall . |
| 23 | Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement . |
| 24 | Thomas Hargreaves , 39 , whose parents live at Llangoed , has not been seen since last Thursday , when he set off on a hike through a forest towards a glacier , close to south east Alaskan town of Juneau . |
| 25 | But there was a FOR SALE board up , new today , he had n't seen it there this morning when he set out for the meeting with the AC . |
| 26 | He was apprenticed in 1735 to a Stockton apothecary and surgeon before moving to London , where he set up as a chemist in Upper East Smithfield during 1743 . |