Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The skies had darkened ominously as she set out on her journey to the coast , but she was not unduly concerned about the dismal weather .
2 And so when he set off for home the red bitch was with him , loping along by his side .
3 His political position in the USA had , however , begun to weaken even before he set out for Paris .
4 Yet when he set off on 20 September 1519 , with a royal mandate to search for a passage through to the Mar del Sur , and thus to determine for certain that the Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains , he had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to travel .
5 He shivered a little as he set off for home .
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