Example sentences of "as [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I set out on that Christmas afternoon , I planned to learn as I went along . |
| 2 | But it passed , quicker than any marsh fever , as I set out on my journey to Berlin — and was replaced by emotion , by the accession of innumerable sensitivities , not without their pivotal elements of pain . |
| 3 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |
| 4 | ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday . |
| 5 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 6 | There was nothing more to see in Main Street except the eternal fascination of boats bobbing in water as we set off past the ship 's chandler — and behind , as casually as an oak or a beech tree in England , dozens of the orange trees which had given the town of Anani its name . |
| 7 | and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool . |
| 8 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 9 | Dick Hobbs ( 1988 ) lived with thieves and detectives as they set out to ‘ do the business ’ , and perhaps one of the most effective pieces of participant observation in recent times has been the four-volume Policy Studies Institute work on the police in London ( 1983 ) . |
| 10 | As we pray this prayer we join with those generous young men as they set out on their missionary journeys . |
| 11 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 12 | Louise kept up a flow of bright chatter as they set off for Wigmore Street . |
| 13 | Maggie was not cheerful as they set off for Granada . |
| 14 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 15 | As soon as they set off on separate duties , they both visibly relaxed . |
| 16 | In the women 's competition , the Long Road squad , led by Norfolk 's top two county players Amanda Brown and Judy Rich , were favourites to win the national title for indoor tennis clubs — and they soon showed why , as they set off on their victory trail with a quick dismissal of Queen 's in the opening doubles rubber of the semi-final . |
| 17 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 18 | As they set off across their territory in the darkness to look for prey , they leave pungent signposts . |
| 19 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 20 | ‘ Not that I had any doubts on the score , ’ Penry assured her as they set off towards Haverfordwest . |
| 21 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |