Example sentences of "and set [adv prt] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He now bought the site on behalf of the British Museum and set out to find the temple . |
| 2 | We faced legal bills of £120,000 and set out to raise the majority of this money by public appeal , to save the magazine from the threat of extinction . |
| 3 | So the arrival at the Grand Quay of that famous pirate ship the ‘ Black Pig ’ caused no excitement , and Captain Pugwash , the Mate , Barnabas , Willy and Tom the cabin boy attracted little attention as they stepped down the gangplank and set off to view the sights of the town . |
| 4 | She finished her coffee , and set off to explore the town . |
| 5 | He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back . |
| 6 | Shelley made up her mind , and set off to walk the quarter of a mile . |