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

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1 Although the house in which Eric was now hidden was an isolated one , we could n't exclude the possibility of a German search , so I set off there on my bicycle while the Germans were still questioning people .
2 He had n't time , he thought , and he set off briskly towards the blacksmith 's , his rucksack and his bags already bulging .
3 Joseph lunged toward it , but the sight of him terrorized the gibbon further , and it set off frantically towards the only visible refuge .
4 They were a very sober pair as they set out again for Gore .
5 ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet .
6 A song thrush opted for a life on the road when it set up home on a pick-up truck at Harwell , see below .
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