Example sentences of "and he set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | His wife and daughter were mugged and raped and he set out on a trail of revenge killings in cold blood , making himself bait for the muggers . |
2 | By six o'clock he was weary and bad tempered and he set out for home . |
3 | All obstacles in the way of his return to England were now removed , and he set out in May . |
4 | But Denis 's hopes took flight with the break-up of the Soviet empire and he set off for Russia this summer . |
5 | Naturally I agreed , and he set off for paris immediately with Ted Church as the UK observer . |
6 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
7 | The lock snapped into place behind him , and he set off down the hill towards his car . |
8 | They immediately phoned Allen , who has a car business at Lower Wield , and he set off in pursuit of the gang . |