Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 2 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 3 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 4 | And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . |
| 5 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 6 | Although Johnson twice found the hillocky little town lacking — ‘ At night we came to Bamff [ sic ] , where I remember nothing that particularly claimed my attention ’ ; and ‘ Finding nothing to detain us at Bamff , we set out in the morning ’ — he yet managed to write a short exercise in observation of Scottish small borough architecture . |
| 7 | We set off in the sunshine and quickly reached Snake Pass |
| 8 | In addition to jobs , the measurable benefits of economic TNPs include the exports due to foreign firms , and the backward linkages that they set up in the host economy , that is the locally produced goods and services they purchase , either from existing firms or from firms established primarily to supply the TNCs . |
| 9 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |