Example sentences of "they set [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 5 July they set sail with a fair wind , but the adventure ended almost before it had begun for , 120 miles [ 192 km ] off the coast of Brittany , the little taskforce was challenged by the 60-gun Lion . |
| 2 | On Sunday morning , 16 September , they set sail in the packet-boat on a boisterous sea . |
| 3 | They set sail from the Guadalquivir River under the proud corporate title of the Armada de Molucca , amply armed but hopelessly provisioned , with crews composed of men of nine different nationalities and of innumerable and in many cases mutually antagonistic temperaments . |
| 4 | After the ship 's foghorn had blasted out six times , they set sail from Dover , one thousand men huddled together on the deck of HMS Resolution singing , ‘ It 's a Long Way to Tipperary ’ . |
| 5 | They may , therefore , only be marginally concerned with the effect that the examination they set has on teaching and learning in primary schools . |