Example sentences of "i set [adv prt] [prep] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it came to pass that when we broke up for the summer holidays in 1941 , I set off on my bike to the farmer 's new settlement . |
| 2 | A British supporter thrust a Union Jack into my hand and I set off on my lap of honour , the first British sprinter to win the title in forty years , the first black man ever to win it . |
| 3 | But it passed , quicker than any marsh fever , as I set out on my journey to Berlin — and was replaced by emotion , by the accession of innumerable sensitivities , not without their pivotal elements of pain . |
| 4 | ‘ It wo n't be long before I set out on my expedition and I do n't think he 'll be fit to run away from me . ’ |
| 5 | So , somewhat in the footsteps of the pursuers of Colonel Fawcett , who disappeared many years ago into the jungles of South America , I set out after my man , who had slipped away , sadly and silently , back into the dark continent and seemingly into history . |
| 6 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |