Example sentences of "and set [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In pursuit of these , Mopsus proposes marriage to a fine lady and is beaten by her servants ; he steals his father 's rent money and sets out for London where he is robbed by a prostitute and thrown into gaol ; his father sends more money which he uses to bribe the gaoler ; he is tricked into marrying an aristocrat 's mistress who promptly gives birth ; the woman leaves and the baby dies ; the prodigal returns to his father . |
| 2 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 3 | I still believe that that someone is to come by the name of David and setting up of God 's kingdom but but |
| 4 | There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London . |
| 5 | Erm , I really feel that this consultation is coming more than a too late because we started on the slippery slope when the consortium was er first dreamed of o , you know about a year ago and set up in April and that really this is the sort of the inexorable next move , and this consultation is far far too late ! |
| 6 | ‘ It was a photograph of Mark and I heard how he 'd qualified as a chiropractor and set up in Falmouth where it 's uphill work . |
| 7 | They came home , packed their bags , left Wales for good and set up in Brussels until they found a new house . |
| 8 | So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover . |
| 9 | Now financially secure , he and Emma married and set out for France , their first holiday abroad . |
| 10 | Undaunted , the Carlist militias — the Requetés — formed into columns and set out for Madrid , some 500 kilometres to the south , in buses , in trucks and on foot . |
| 11 | Clare went immediately to pay the bill for the stone , and set out towards Shaston , where he found Mrs Durbeyfield and her children living in a small house . |
| 12 | At precisely the stroke of six the mighty Leviathan Class locomotive , gushing steam and panting dramatically , left King 's Cross Station behind and set off for Scotland . |
| 13 | This Act of 1806 may well have given young Ben the final push he needed : in that or the following year he packed his bags for good , waved his loving sisters a fond farewell , and set off for London , fame and fortune . |
| 14 | The next Friday they load up the bus and set off for Oxford . |
| 15 | An hour later , she climbed into her Panda and set off for Oxford . |
| 16 | On April 18 , 1943 at 0700hrs Yamamoto climbed aboard a Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber and set off for Bougainville , his formation was accompanied by another Betty and six Zeros . |
| 17 | I at once applied for leave , which was granted , and set off for Edinburgh on the overnight train . |
| 18 | Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said . |
| 19 | We rose at five , ate and set off for Alpamayo Chico which , though relatively low at 5.330m , was reached by a simple but striking route up its north ridge . |
| 20 | We met at the youth centre in Chelmsford , checked that everybody had passports , E111 's ( health forms for the European Community ) and luggage and set off for Ramsgate . |
| 21 | He went there to Dalby Forest one day in the afternoon loaded them all up and set off for Wales . |
| 22 | He got his brother to look after the bar for an hour or so , bundled Maidstone into a taxi driven by a friend of his and set off for Maidstone 's apartment in the Vomero . |
| 23 | Leaving strict instructions to Joanne to stay there at all costs and to both of them under no account to let anyone in , he hurried to the Cortina and set off for Fleet Street . |
| 24 | Five days later Edward I appointed his son regent and set off for Flanders . |
| 25 | It was at this point , while we were stumbling about , not really knowing what to say with so many other people present , that Eric suggested we should borrow a driver and jeep from the ASC — this boy was the biggest borrower of jeeps I had ever met — and set off for Fontanellato , where we could all be reunited : my parents , the Merlis , the Superiora and the suore at the hospital , and as many of the other people who had helped him as possible , including Dr Sambataro , of whom there had been no news since he joined the partisans . |
| 26 | I then got into a tracksuit , donned a newish pair of expensive running-shoes , and set off towards Wimbledon Common . |
| 27 | Mary Godwin and Clairmont got out early when they ran away at 16 with Mary 's lover Percy , had themselves rowed to France overnight , and set off towards Switzerland on foot . |
| 28 | Without thinking , he scrambled out of the cellar and set off after Ho . |
| 29 | With the increased number of workmen living in the expanding town of Bletchley , a Bletchley workman 's train was put on and this picked up and set down at Loughton . |