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 . |