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 . |