Example sentences of "and [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The first evening we left the children with some of the helpers and my husband , David , and I set out to Mass at the convent . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Val and I set off with intentions to watch the jumps , but the Skippers road to the bridge is specifically excluded from motor insurance policies and when we saw it , we understood why ; it 's a dirt track along a precipice . |
4 | ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport . |
5 | Fiona and I set off from Fulham in our car at about 9 a.m . |
6 | ‘ She said , ‘ This is what love is for — I 'm coming over , ’ and she set off for Rocamar and arrived at breakfast next day . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
9 | Our escorting Wellington was delayed due to phenomenal sandstorms in the Delta area , and it was only on 18 March that it arrived and we set off for Benina to refuel before the sea leg to Malta . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Michele rejoined her and they set off on foot . |
12 | By six o'clock he was weary and bad tempered and he set out for home . |
13 | All obstacles in the way of his return to England were now removed , and he set out in May . |
14 | Naturally I agreed , and he set off for paris immediately with Ted Church as the UK observer . |
15 | But Denis 's hopes took flight with the break-up of the Soviet empire and he set off for Russia this summer . |
16 | They immediately phoned Allen , who has a car business at Lower Wield , and he set off in pursuit of the gang . |