Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] setting [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | As the Russian engineers were arriving in Scotland , Gordon Beattie from Scottish Nuclear 's Contracts and Purchasing department was setting out for Bulgaria for a six month secondment working at the Headquarters of the Bulgarian Energy Committee in Sofia . |
2 | James Woodforde , ever a reliable source for the minutiae of late 18th-century life , wrote on 25 January 1794 that he could never remember having seen the barometer lower ; a savage and relentless winter was setting in throughout Britain and the rest of Europe . |
3 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |
4 | Mr Harris , 51 , and his wife were setting out for church in Lisburn , Co Antrim . |
5 | Sigarup was setting out for home . |