Example sentences of "as he set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he set off down the corridor . |
| 3 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |
| 4 | Perhaps we might have a look at things , at this stage , through the eyes of young Benjamin Titford , the youngest surviving son , left motherless at nine years old ; waving his big brother William Charles goodbye as he set off for London soon afterwards ; watching brother John cough himself into an early grave ; listening to endless conversations about high prices , shortages , and a war across the channel ; dragged out of his bed in the middle of the night to cries of ‘ Fire ! ’ and ‘ Flood ! ’ ; struggling to keep warm every winter ; watching his father die of a long illness — these experiences made his childhood , in modern terms , an awful , albeit a dramatic one . |
| 5 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 6 | He shivered a little as he set off for home . |
| 7 | ‘ It does n't look anything like it does on TV , ’ said Craig Parry 's caddy as he set off with his man and Wayne Grady down the 10th in practice . |
| 8 | That summer I could only think he was mad as he set off around the town and I dozed in the dark heat and stillness of the garden . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | As he set off from Washington to campaign in Cleveland , Chicago and New York , he hinted strongly that he might be prepared to send American ground troops to join the UN peacekeepers who have gone to Macedonia to try to stop the Balkans war from spreading . |