Example sentences of "he set [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I had a er I got him set up for the morning jobs and then I did the afternoon jobs with him . |
| 2 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 3 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
| 4 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 5 | He sets off after the brothers , succeeds in imitating Haimet , and relieves Barat of his burden . |
| 6 | Waving his cheque book for $10 000 ( ready to Day to anyone who can produce convincing psychic phenomena ) he sets out on the exposure trail . |
| 7 | Now he sets out on the second stage of the journey , with Sarai , his childless wife , and his nephew Lot . |
| 8 | He is a great example to anyone who has a setback and it is marvellous to hear how he has put adversity behind him as he sets out on the long slog round the tough pro circuit once again . |
| 9 | The Scot will be in good company when he sets out with the early starters among the 70 survivors today . |
| 10 | Prince Adam promptly donated the entire museum to a foundation which he set up for the purpose , to which he also ceded all his rights to his pre-war estates and property . |
| 11 | ‘ That this deal he set up with the Iranians through Nadirpur — part of the arrangement was that Philippe be released — in return for French arms . ’ |
| 12 | He set up in the West End of London in 1912 , following the death of his first wife and only daughter , having realized that property deals yielded far better returns in the metropolis than in the provinces . |
| 13 | And at last he set out for the meeting-place . |
| 14 | He set out for the presidential palace about 6 a.m. but heard the place was surrounded . |
| 15 | But there was a FOR SALE board up , new today , he had n't seen it there this morning when he set out for the meeting with the AC . |
| 16 | Then he set out along the path that the old man had shown him . |
| 17 | And he accepts that he set out on the lonely road to stardom too early in life . |
| 18 | He set out on the infamous traverse , then decided I was not up to it and we must engineer a retreat . |
| 19 | A keen owner of fast motor cycles and cars since he was fifteen , he set out after the war to be a racing driver . |
| 20 | Accompanied by his close friend the German geographer Hermann von Wissmann , he set out from the port of Mukalla and visited the cities of Shibam , Saywun and Tarim , closely studying the society and minutely describing the topography , geology , flora and fauna of the valley . |
| 21 | In his thirty-two-foot ketch , Nuria , he set out from the small harbour under the shoulder of his Hebridean island . |
| 22 | He set off along the side of the building . |
| 23 | He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea . |
| 24 | He set off towards the buses . |
| 25 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 26 | As his lad let him go , he set off towards the start flat out with his mouth open and his nose in the air . |
| 27 | He set off towards the canal , leaving Robbie — as usual , she fumed — to scurry after him . |
| 28 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |
| 29 | There had been no unexplained nights away and no displays of petulance , and when he set off through the gates of his house he drove slowly and with care . |
| 30 | So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry . |