Example sentences of "as [pron] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday . |
| 2 | ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’ |
| 3 | and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool . |
| 4 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 5 | Maggie was not cheerful as they set off for Granada . |
| 6 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 7 | Louise kept up a flow of bright chatter as they set off for Wigmore Street . |
| 8 | ‘ Not that I had any doubts on the score , ’ Penry assured her as they set off towards Haverfordwest . |
| 9 | He shivered a little as he set off for home . |
| 10 | Perhaps we might have a look at things , at this stage , through the eyes of young Benjamin Titford , the youngest surviving son , left motherless at nine years old ; waving his big brother William Charles goodbye as he set off for London soon afterwards ; watching brother John cough himself into an early grave ; listening to endless conversations about high prices , shortages , and a war across the channel ; dragged out of his bed in the middle of the night to cries of ‘ Fire ! ’ and ‘ Flood ! ’ ; struggling to keep warm every winter ; watching his father die of a long illness — these experiences made his childhood , in modern terms , an awful , albeit a dramatic one . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know what 's got into you , May , ’ he shouted , shaking his fist in the air as he set off in pursuit . |
| 12 | As he set off from Washington to campaign in Cleveland , Chicago and New York , he hinted strongly that he might be prepared to send American ground troops to join the UN peacekeepers who have gone to Macedonia to try to stop the Balkans war from spreading . |