Example sentences of "he set [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Prince Adam promptly donated the entire museum to a foundation which he set up for the purpose , to which he also ceded all his rights to his pre-war estates and property .
2 ‘ That this deal he set up with the Iranians through Nadirpur — part of the arrangement was that Philippe be released — in return for French arms . ’
3 He set up in the West End of London in 1912 , following the death of his first wife and only daughter , having realized that property deals yielded far better returns in the metropolis than in the provinces .
4 And at last he set out for the meeting-place .
5 He set out for the presidential palace about 6 a.m. but heard the place was surrounded .
6 But there was a FOR SALE board up , new today , he had n't seen it there this morning when he set out for the meeting with the AC .
7 Then he set out along the path that the old man had shown him .
8 And he accepts that he set out on the lonely road to stardom too early in life .
9 He set out on the infamous traverse , then decided I was not up to it and we must engineer a retreat .
10 A keen owner of fast motor cycles and cars since he was fifteen , he set out after the war to be a racing driver .
11 Accompanied by his close friend the German geographer Hermann von Wissmann , he set out from the port of Mukalla and visited the cities of Shibam , Saywun and Tarim , closely studying the society and minutely describing the topography , geology , flora and fauna of the valley .
12 In his thirty-two-foot ketch , Nuria , he set out from the small harbour under the shoulder of his Hebridean island .
13 He set off along the side of the building .
14 He set off towards the bottom end of the square to walk down Via Roma in the direction of the sea .
15 He set off towards the buses .
16 When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed .
17 As his lad let him go , he set off towards the start flat out with his mouth open and his nose in the air .
18 He set off towards the canal , leaving Robbie — as usual , she fumed — to scurry after him .
19 He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house .
20 There had been no unexplained nights away and no displays of petulance , and when he set off through the gates of his house he drove slowly and with care .
21 So the mantle fell on the second son , John , then 23 years old ; without more ado , he set off over the bridge into the Market Place , across to the George , and signed up for the infantry .
22 But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet .
23 He set off across the marble lake at a canter , with Helen panting behind .
24 Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago .
25 At the age of only nine , he set off on the London coach , and said a sudden and bewildered farewell both to his family and to his Devon childhood .
26 He set off for the Canal Turn in glorious isolation while behind him the rest of the field manically tried to salvage some hope from the disaster .
27 As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall .
28 Checking his watch , he set off for the hilltop once more .
29 Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river .
30 He set off down the slope .
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