Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 2 | I still have a note of the objectives for the review I set out at Wilton Park : |
| 3 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 4 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 5 | At nightfall they set off down the escarpment and in holiday mood were soon bowling merrily along the coast road . |
| 6 | After hearing pro-Yeltsin and anti-Gorbachev speeches they set off towards the Kremlin down Tverskaya ( formerly Gorky Street ) , Moscow 's main thoroughfare . |
| 7 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 8 | ‘ That this deal he set up with the Iranians through Nadirpur — part of the arrangement was that Philippe be released — in return for French arms . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She drew a door for herself through all the barriers I set up around myself and walked in . ’ |
| 10 | After a shop at Sainsburys in Camden Town and a quick cold meat and salad lunch I set off by Tube to Finsbury Circus to one of the big offices of BP for a Management and Membership Committee meeting of the British Association of Industrial Editors . |
| 11 | But that is n't the question we set out with . |
| 12 | After lunch they set off to Kingsburgh for one of their most memorable encounters . |
| 13 | ( First Edition ) Two senior council officers were suspended on full pay pending an inquiry into a chain of consultancy companies they set up on public health , waste management , food hygiene and urban renewal . |
| 14 | After short periods as general manager and chief engineer of the Mutual and the New Telephone Companies he set up in practice in 1893 as a consulting telephone and telegraph engineer , in which capacity he acted as consulting engineer to the telephone departments of Guernsey ( 1896–1921 ) and Glasgow ( 1900–4 ) , as well as Portsmouth , Hull , Brighton , and Swansea ( 1900–11 ) . |
| 15 | In 1978 she moved into editing and after editing professional magazines and papers in the mining and mineral field she set up in 1989 her own business Editorial Services and now works freelance from home . |
| 16 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
| 17 | Everyone knows that in fact you can get organised — so — leaving the family , animals and business I set off for Avery Hill College . |
| 18 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 19 | With the youngest of her three children now at nursery school near their home in Somerset , Helen works part-time in the business she set up with a friend , organising helium balloon decorations for parties and weddings . |
| 20 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 21 | They 've re-opened an incident room they set up in November when a fourteen year old girl was raped . |
| 22 | Once when Denis Wirth-Miller was staying at Allen Street he set out for Soho in a cab with Minton who had four sailors in tow . |
| 23 | After a pause to coil up the heavy ropes we set off for Gimmer . |
| 24 | Armed with a canal guide and a confidence inspiring wave from Roger we set off on our gentle adventure . |
| 25 | In the Habsburg territories Joseph I set up in 1709 a new permanent committee of nine officials to control foreign affairs . |
| 26 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 27 | On that first day we set off with high hopes of finding out what the foxes were doing and to work out where to concentrate our filming efforts . |
| 28 | At about midnight we set off on our way back to Hal Far . |
| 29 | At 10:16 we boarded the Sprinter on platform one.Then we set off for Shrewsbury : |
| 30 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |