Example sentences of "and [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmer 's wife has kindly pressed my kilt and I set off into town with a small group of Commandos , all of us determined to enjoy ourselves , and , of course , to sort out the local French girls . |
| 2 | Margery was rather fearful about disobeying her confessor , but Jesus assured her that he could overrule a priest , and she set off without money or luggage . |
| 3 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 4 | However conditions seemed promising in the morning and we set off with lunch packs in our bags and hope in our hearts ! on the two-hour boat run there are always lots of birds to look at , and soon after we left ‘ the narrows ’ of the harbour entrance we were aware of black-browed albatrosses . |
| 5 | Michele rejoined her and they set off on foot . |
| 6 | By six o'clock he was weary and bad tempered and he set out for home . |
| 7 | Naturally I agreed , and he set off for paris immediately with Ted Church as the UK observer . |
| 8 | They immediately phoned Allen , who has a car business at Lower Wield , and he set off in pursuit of the gang . |