Example sentences of "he set [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so he sets off on foot , aiming nowhere . |
| 2 | In the city itself there is the Oskar Reinhart Foundation , which he set up for Winterthur in his lifetime , and which houses over six hundred works by Swiss , German and Austrian artists of the sixteenth , seventeenth and eighteenth centuries . |
| 3 | He set up in practice in the copper-mining town of Hettstedt but soon discovered that he was out of sympathy with the barbaric medical practices of his time which often showed little compassion for , or understanding of , the patient . |
| 4 | After short periods as general manager and chief engineer of the Mutual and the New Telephone Companies he set up in practice in 1893 as a consulting telephone and telegraph engineer , in which capacity he acted as consulting engineer to the telephone departments of Guernsey ( 1896–1921 ) and Glasgow ( 1900–4 ) , as well as Portsmouth , Hull , Brighton , and Swansea ( 1900–11 ) . |
| 5 | In 1868 he moved back to London , where he set up in practice at 46 Queen Anne 's Gate as a consulting civil engineer , in association with his son Sydney William Yockney . |
| 6 | At the same time he set up in practice as a consulting engineer and naval architect in London , where he remained until his death . |
| 7 | ‘ As a matter of fact , he set up in business for himself — not far away , in Mile End . ’ |
| 8 | He set up in business as an antique dealer but , according to Herbert Cranko , ‘ seems to have loved his stock more than his customers , often refusing to sell a cherished piece to a disliked buyer ’ . |
| 9 | By six o'clock he was weary and bad tempered and he set out for home . |
| 10 | He set out on foot as it was getting dark , and had already walked three or four miles when he saw a cart , half-full of hay , by the side of the road . |
| 11 | He set off with rucksack and typewriter on a round-the-world trip , but only got as far as New Orleans , where , ever the hopeless romantic , he fell in love with a girl he met on a park bench . |
| 12 | Naturally I agreed , and he set off for paris immediately with Ted Church as the UK observer . |
| 13 | ‘ That fateful day he set off for work and their lives changed forever is etched on Wyn 's memory . |
| 14 | And so when he set off for home the red bitch was with him , loping along by his side . |
| 15 | He shivered a little as he set off for home . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know what 's got into you , May , ’ he shouted , shaking his fist in the air as he set off in pursuit . |
| 17 | Rushing off across the moors he set off in pursuit of Tamara . |
| 18 | They immediately phoned Allen , who has a car business at Lower Wield , and he set off in pursuit of the gang . |
| 19 | He set off in pursuit of the fatally wounded officer shouting : ‘ He is still alive , I am going to get him . ’ |
| 20 | BREATHLESS PC Les Pounder was always going to come off second best when he set off in pursuit of a pub fight suspect . |