Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He refused , so after a visit to the General Hospital , almost empty of patients and deserted by Burmese staff , with the remaining civilian doctors and sisters about to leave , I set off sadly with several stragglers and drove through the night to Prome . |
2 | Although the house in which Eric was now hidden was an isolated one , we could n't exclude the possibility of a German search , so I set off there on my bicycle while the Germans were still questioning people . |
3 | She set off boldly towards the fence and only had to put her feet down speedily once . |
4 | It was mid-morning when we set out nervously along the coast road on the first two-wheeled motor I had ridden for 20 years . |
5 | It was a cold , bright morning when we set out cheerfully down the river . |
6 | The model we set out earlier in Chapter 6 is reproduced here in Figure 16 . |
7 | So we set off bravely in our four-inchers , risking life , limb and hoots of European laughter , while the Italians stride through the sunbeds in the ultimate pair of flat sandals . |
8 | George climbed back on board and closed the doors , and presently we set off again to our last stop before Winnipeg . |
9 | We set off again along the gravel paths . |
10 | We set off early from Gemiler Island , the anchorage closest to their northern end , where we had anchored in perfect shelter , hunting lizards and mosaics in a labyrinth of Byzantine ruins . |
11 | Did they set up again under a different name ? |
12 | At the time Mr Justice Macpherson said the decision of the Merseyside police authority chairman , Mr George Brundred , and his deputy , Mr Harry Rimmer , leader of Liverpool City Council , to delegate her case to a committee they set up expressly for the purpose ‘ had the smell of unfairness about it ’ . |
13 | They set up home in London 's Chelsea , but busy schedules have forced them to live apart . |
14 | They were a very sober pair as they set out again for Gore . |
15 | In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country . |
16 | Dr Neil carefully replaced her recent gift to him in the trug , before taking it from her , and watched by Rose , peering interestedly from the kitchen window , they set out together for Vetch Street . |
17 | After a walk back to the inn and a half-hour wait , they set off again for Bath , very much relieved that matters had not been worse . |
18 | ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet . |
19 | They set off again at a stately pace . |
20 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
21 | He could easily be presented as a modest example of Samuel Smiles 's self-help — the illegitimate son of a farm-servant and a weaver , totally lacking in formal education , who advanced from Oldham textile-worker to foreman in an engineering works , until in 1861 he set up independently as a dentist , dying worth almost £15,000 , which was by no means negligible : a lifelong radical Liberal and temperance advocate . |
22 | He set up home with his wife Kerry at RAF Lyneham and they would have celebrated their second wedding anniversary later this month . |
23 | Gloag moved to Glasgow where , with an unmarried sister , he set up home in the university . |
24 | He set off cheerfully for a final phase in Worcestershire , saying complacently , ‘ I do n't want any bands here when I come back . ’ |
25 | He had n't time , he thought , and he set off briskly towards the blacksmith 's , his rucksack and his bags already bulging . |
26 | He set off briskly in what might be the right direction , but found it difficult to get up any speed over the snagging grass . |
27 | In his lunch breaks Doisneau pored over books on photography , and at weekends he set off alone with a heavy wooden camera and tripod to capture the first of the ‘ personal ’ photographs that would be the basis of his life 's work . |
28 | A song thrush opted for a life on the road when it set up home on a pick-up truck at Harwell , see below . |
29 | Joseph lunged toward it , but the sight of him terrorized the gibbon further , and it set off frantically towards the only visible refuge . |