Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
| 2 | Even before Tasker and Boardman had set off on their last attempt Bonington and Adrian Gordon — the base camp manager — decided that they would go up the mountain to help with the descent from the North Col , concerned that if Tasker and Boardman reached the summit by the long ridge above the pinnacles , they would be close to collapse on their descent . |
| 3 | He himself always adhered to the layering method , as set out in his first publication , the smaller Dictionary of 1724 : ‘ In the Spring prick a great many Holes with an Awl about a Joint that will be in the earth and cover it would a good Mound to peg it down . ’ |
| 4 | They were on a school trip to Pembroke Dock in West Wales and were setting off on their last visit when the crash happened . |
| 5 | In 1930 she set off on her first solo long distance flight and broke the record from England to Australia . |
| 6 | These include Buckle Island , just off the Antarctic coast , and Mts Erebus and Terror , only a few kilometres from Scott 's original base camp , from which he set out on his last heroic journey . |