Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] setting [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 2 | Why did you suppose we were setting off with a stretcher and torches , at this time of night ? ’ |
| 3 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 4 | For most of the children it was a big adventure , at least when they were setting off with their school friends . |
| 5 | A young Cornish shoemaker married at the time he was setting up on his own : " his wife 's immediate fortune was ten pounds — a sum to him at that time , of great importance " . |
| 6 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 7 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |