Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 2 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 3 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 4 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 5 | we set down in a passing-place and basked |
| 6 | Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . |
| 7 | TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving . |