Example sentences of "i set [adv] in " in BNC.
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1 | In the Habsburg territories Joseph I set up in 1709 a new permanent committee of nine officials to control foreign affairs . |
2 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
3 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
4 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
5 | I set off in pursuit . |
6 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
7 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
8 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
9 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |
10 | Six days afterwards I set out in direct disobedience of orders to rejoin my regiment . |
11 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
12 | The hon. and learned Gentleman will know that I recently had the privilege of giving the Sir George Bean memorial lecture in which I set out in some detail to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women the basis for my approach to such matters . |
13 | I set out in May 1985 to write a feature for the Financial Times about this man apparently rich enough with his two brothers to pay £615m in cash for the House of Fraser . |