Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] set [adv prt] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 2 | ‘ So we set out from the beginning to be ‘ author-friendly ’ . |
| 3 | Fiona and I set off from Fulham in our car at about 9 a.m . |
| 4 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 5 | ‘ If they set out from Tara at the hour they intended , they will have gone down the forest road hours earlier . ’ |