Example sentences of "[noun] i 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 | ‘ She drew a door for herself through all the barriers I set up around myself and walked in . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
| 6 | Everyone knows that in fact you can get organised — so — leaving the family , animals and business I set off for Avery Hill College . |
| 7 | In the Habsburg territories Joseph I set up in 1709 a new permanent committee of nine officials to control foreign affairs . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So , this morning I set off down Lennox Gardens , the Street with No Name , and then into Rumsey Road . |
| 10 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |