Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 2 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |
| 3 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 4 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 5 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 6 | There was nothing more to see in Main Street except the eternal fascination of boats bobbing in water as we set off past the ship 's chandler — and behind , as casually as an oak or a beech tree in England , dozens of the orange trees which had given the town of Anani its name . |
| 7 | ‘ Joanna will have her work cut out to convince him that she 's the equal of any man when they set up in practice together . ’ |
| 8 | TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving . |
| 9 | Dick Hobbs ( 1988 ) lived with thieves and detectives as they set out to ‘ do the business ’ , and perhaps one of the most effective pieces of participant observation in recent times has been the four-volume Policy Studies Institute work on the police in London ( 1983 ) . |
| 10 | HOUNSLOW will be defending an unbeaten record in the European Cup-Winners ' Cup when they set off for Holland today to compete in this season 's final stages . |
| 11 | As we pray this prayer we join with those generous young men as they set out on their missionary journeys . |
| 12 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied , but she was grateful to him that he did not hurry her but allowed her to look her fill before they set off through a pathway of more trees and green parkland . |
| 13 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 14 | Because the subject is practically useful and will stand you in good stead when you set out on your chosen career . |
| 15 | Louise kept up a flow of bright chatter as they set off for Wigmore Street . |