Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmer 's wife has kindly pressed my kilt and I set off into town with a small group of Commandos , all of us determined to enjoy ourselves , and , of course , to sort out the local French girls . |
| 2 | However , prizegiving was only about half an hour later than planned and we set off for home at a reasonable hour . |
| 3 | However conditions seemed promising in the morning and we set off with lunch packs in our bags and hope in our hearts ! on the two-hour boat run there are always lots of birds to look at , and soon after we left ‘ the narrows ’ of the harbour entrance we were aware of black-browed albatrosses . |
| 4 | Michele rejoined her and they set off on foot . |
| 5 | We get up at 7 a.m. , and have breakfast at 7.30 ( now it 's getting to be more like 7.45 ! ) before we set out by car for the Institute where we start teaching at 8.30 . |
| 6 | ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday . |
| 7 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | When they set off for church he set off for London , driving fast . |
| 10 | They had been visiting friends , they had enjoyed their evening and the time had gone quickly so it was rather late when they set off for home . |
| 11 | NICK FALDO and Tom Kite , the reigning Open champions on both sides of the Atlantic , will meet ‘ head to head ’ when they set off in pursuit of the second major title of the golfing year in the US Open on Thursday . |
| 12 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |