Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] set [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry Fielding wrote of the capital in 1751 : " What an immense variety of places has this town and its neighbourhood set apart for the amusement of the lowest order of the people . " |
| 2 | Four children and their father set off on a bear hunt in high spirits , but by the time they 've forded a river , squelched through mud , survived a snowstorm and a wild wood to penetrate the bear 's dark cave , all they are capable of is running home again , with bear in hot pursuit . |
| 3 | Roger Pringle , director of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust , signs the first letter for the Stratford-on-Avon Group at their stall set up in the town centre . |
| 4 | Last July Aileen Penn and her family set off on a sponsored marathon round of golf that was destined to criss-cross the country and take them on a 1,000 mile bicycle ride . |
| 5 | Which was when the other horse got to Hullabaloo 's quarters , a big , handsome bay , his bit covered in a white froth , his nostrils wide and red , and his eye set fast on the forthcoming obstacle . |
| 6 | WHEN Tim Barranger and his wife set off on a shopping trip from their home in Ilkley , Yorkshire they asked the inspector on their train for the cheapest day-return ticket to Leeds . |
| 7 | A fortnight after he arrived at Cuddesdon his father set out in the car from Cambridge to Stamford . |
| 8 | This time our hero Kevin ( Culkin ) gets on the wrong plane as he and his family set out for a Christmas break in Miami . |