Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [adv prt] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ten days later , at eight-thirty in the morning of Wednesday , 22nd January , Robyn Penrose set off in a snowstorm and an ill humour to begin her stint as the University of Rummidge Faculty of Arts Industry Year Shadow , or URFAIYS as she was designated in memoranda emanating from the Vice-Chancellor 's Office . |
| 2 | An opportunity for escape occurred shortly afterwards when she and Wordsworth set off on a walking tour into the Wye Valley . |
| 3 | Prentice put his arms round Rory 's neck and got up onto his back ; Rory set off at a run . |
| 4 | could be the two of them they just , when er , when Lee set out on a Saturday evening with er Kevin and they often sit there and er have a , er a bit of a snack , supper , light supper and er |
| 5 | His father was a police constable in the borough police at Helston , but the family emigrated to New Zealand , probably in 1872 , and settled at Timaru , South Island , where most of the settlers were of Cornish descent , and James Fitzsimmons set up as a blacksmith . |
| 6 | After meeting the Soviet culture minister , and the musical director of the Bolshoi opera , Mr Palmer set off for a cellar club-cum-recording studio and gallery to hear a folk singer break the musical mould and , hopefully , erase the memory of the song ( ‘ I Belong To … ’ ) |
| 7 | As a means of livelihood compatible with his politics , Doherty set up as a publisher , bookseller , and printer in Manchester from 1832 , and he seems to have remained in this business until his death . |
| 8 | Not that T. Behrens sets up as a psychologist . |
| 9 | I met a boy in his mid-twenties , from Kentucky , who had come to New York to set up as a dentist . |
| 10 | August 1992 sees Tim setting off on a journey much nearer home and this time he 's inviting the wine-loving gourmets of Britain to join him . |
| 11 | In January 1960 Macmillan set out on a tour of Africa , first stopping in Ghana : ‘ Nkrumah was an engaging character with much charm of manner and courtesy ’ , he writes . |
| 12 | Between 1944 and 1946 he contributed articles to the magazine , and when in 1946 Lehmann set up as a publisher , Vaughan initially accepted charge of design and production . |
| 13 | The couple were married in 1964 and moved to Maghull , before settling in Formby where Mr Ryder set up as a pharmacist and postmaster . |
| 14 | In July , the month in which Vincent was enrolled at the mission school , a desperate Tolstoy and his friend Stakhov set off on a pilgrimage to the Optina Pustyn Monastery not far from Moscow . |
| 15 | ( Gen. 12.1 ) So Abram set out on a journey where faith rather than sight would be the guiding light , seeking a home , a city , a country . |
| 16 | THE Queen 's racehorse trainer Lord Huntingdon sets off in a horsebox for Bosnia today to deliver supplies to an isolated village . |