Example sentences of "i set [adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 On the Thursday morning early I set off to go to Peter Jones before my meeting in Markham Square and I put your birthday money ( for which my thanks ) towards a tiny little black leather bag about the size of the one I came south with , as it fits under my jacket without looking too bulky and my old similar one , also from the John Lewis partnership some years ago , recently gave up the ghost after three years of relentless daily use .
2 ‘ That evening my older brother and I set off to go to the pictures only to find they were closed , we did not have a television and the wireless was only playing sombre music , ’ says Mrs Smith , who now lives at Campsie Close , Lambton Village , Washington .
3 I set off to look for Nigel — quite a long way down , as the staircases did n't connect and one had to walk the complete length of the first-floor gallery before descending the second .
4 How and why sport assumes the status of a central life interest for black kids are the questions I set out to answer in chapter eight .
5 Why , I 'm going to do what I set out to do at the start — I 'm going to make sure that bastard marries you ! ’
6 We must create our own , which is what I set out to achieve with Passion .
7 I set out to get inside the heads of gynaecologists , but what remains in my head is the freeze-frame of that young women with her legs held apart , unconscious , still unaware of a verdict which is likely to affect her whole life .
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