Example sentences of "[num] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1834 he set up on his own in London as a general chemical manufacturer . |
| 2 | In 1930 she set off on her first solo long distance flight and broke the record from England to Australia . |
| 3 | On 21 April 1982 he set off from Calcutta with a ticket , one dollar and a bicycle . |
| 4 | When he left the Kunstgewerbeschule in 1936 he set up in Zurich as a freelance photograph , a job he fitted in between the traditional periods of military service compulsory in Switzerland , then worked for a year in the famous magazine Graphics . |
| 5 | In 1669 he was first approached by the French statesman J. B. Colbert , and in December 1682 he set out for France , having been commissioned by Colbert to plan and construct the fountains at Versailles . |