Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He refused , so after a visit to the General Hospital , almost empty of patients and deserted by Burmese staff , with the remaining civilian doctors and sisters about to leave , I set off sadly with several stragglers and drove through the night to Prome . |
| 2 | I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened . |
| 3 | Although the house in which Eric was now hidden was an isolated one , we could n't exclude the possibility of a German search , so I set off there on my bicycle while the Germans were still questioning people . |
| 4 | It was mid-morning when we set out nervously along the coast road on the first two-wheeled motor I had ridden for 20 years . |
| 5 | It was a cold , bright morning when we set out cheerfully down the river . |
| 6 | The model we set out earlier in Chapter 6 is reproduced here in Figure 16 . |
| 7 | So we set off bravely in our four-inchers , risking life , limb and hoots of European laughter , while the Italians stride through the sunbeds in the ultimate pair of flat sandals . |
| 8 | George climbed back on board and closed the doors , and presently we set off again to our last stop before Winnipeg . |
| 9 | We set off again along the gravel paths . |
| 10 | We set off early from Gemiler Island , the anchorage closest to their northern end , where we had anchored in perfect shelter , hunting lizards and mosaics in a labyrinth of Byzantine ruins . |
| 11 | Tony finished his work and we set off back towards the sea . |
| 12 | An hour later we set off back for lunch , planning to bring back Penny in the evening when we 'd have another go with the rods and , of course , lift the nets . |
| 13 | As we set off back to London , Toby opened his parcel . |
| 14 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 15 | Plan B meant no plan , however , and having none we were free to react to whims , needing no more than this first glimpse for the wheels to set themselves in motion as we set off down for tea . |
| 16 | At the time Mr Justice Macpherson said the decision of the Merseyside police authority chairman , Mr George Brundred , and his deputy , Mr Harry Rimmer , leader of Liverpool City Council , to delegate her case to a committee they set up expressly for the purpose ‘ had the smell of unfairness about it ’ . |
| 17 | They set up home in London 's Chelsea , but busy schedules have forced them to live apart . |
| 18 | They were a very sober pair as they set out again for Gore . |
| 19 | In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country . |
| 20 | Dr Neil carefully replaced her recent gift to him in the trug , before taking it from her , and watched by Rose , peering interestedly from the kitchen window , they set out together for Vetch Street . |
| 21 | After a walk back to the inn and a half-hour wait , they set off again for Bath , very much relieved that matters had not been worse . |
| 22 | ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet . |
| 23 | They set off again at a stately pace . |
| 24 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
| 25 | They set off back to Nettles . |
| 26 | He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage . |