Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [pers pn] set [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 My father was thirty-eight , my mother twenty-nine when they married ; a few months later they set off for Addis Ababa .
2 About six months ago I set up a 48″ × 15″ × 12″ tank for African cichlids .
3 At the Conservative Party Conference two weeks later I set out both the Government 's position and my own feelings .
4 Four years ago she set up American Express offices at ICI Billingham and Wilton , and now has a staff of 24 , operating five days a week selling holidays to chemical workers She said : ‘ We 're probably one of the largest offices in the area .
5 Six days afterwards I set out in direct disobedience of orders to rejoin my regiment .
6 Voeller might have scored in the 24th minute had it not been for Andy Goram 's fine save from a powerful 20-yard shot , but seven minutes later he set up Marseille 's opener .
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