Example sentences of "he [adv] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Coleridge had spent three weeks in Oxford before , on 5 July 1794 , he finally set off on his Welsh expedition , promising Southey that he would rejoin him later to make further plans for settling in America . |
2 | Knowing the risk he was taking , he still set out for Peking : why ? |
3 | He always set off on his journey early on Monday morning , and returned on Wednesday . |
4 | Yet his claims for Ultra , which he originally set out in his book The Ultra Secret , sometimes sound overwrought . |
5 | He immediately set off for Germany in a van and the rest is history . |
6 | And he immediately set off for a long Bank Holiday break ! |
7 | He simply set off with no further glance at her , and Jenna seethed . |
8 | He then set out in a violent storm and heavy snow for Fort William , where he hoped to take the oath in the presence of the local commander of government troops . |
9 | He then sets out to scourge the thronging temples of moneychangers and idolators . |
10 | On the morning of Monday 18 August 1794 , he accordingly set off with them on the road to Nether Stowey , three miles distant . |
11 | He also planned to entertain at the Priory his neighbours and friends , and here it was possible that he received fresh warnings of danger , as on finishing his dinner he hurriedly set off for Halling and was scarcely clear of the city when a riot broke out and the mob tried to pillage the Priory . |