Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I set up beside that .
2 I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different .
3 Like a fairway pitch , I set up with the ball forward in my stance with the clubface square to the target ( photo 2 ) .
4 ‘ She drew a door for herself through all the barriers I set up around myself and walked in . ’
5 In the Habsburg territories Joseph I set up in 1709 a new permanent committee of nine officials to control foreign affairs .
6 After a second teatime breakfast in a café , I set off without delay for Kenny 's Bookshop .
7 I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme .
8 I set off to Khan Market to buy something for my headache , only to find the roads were clogged with white Ambassadors dressed up as Christmas trees .
9 What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up .
10 And so it came to pass that when we broke up for the summer holidays in 1941 , I set off on my bike to the farmer 's new settlement .
11 A British supporter thrust a Union Jack into my hand and I set off on my lap of honour , the first British sprinter to win the title in forty years , the first black man ever to win it .
12 ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday .
13 Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco .
14 So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey .
15 But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail .
16 Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand .
17 When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air .
18 Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn .
19 I set off for Duxford cursing .
20 After dropping Martin and Lucy off at Vidlin , I set off for home .
21 And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match …
22 ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport .
23 Everyone knows that in fact you can get organised — so — leaving the family , animals and business I set off for Avery Hill College .
24 And so I set off across the field .
25 As a birthday celebration some time ago , I set off with a companion to conquer the two more accessible ones , Sgurr Thuilm and Sgurr nan Coireachan .
26 I was instructed to leave my prejudices behind and simply concentrate on having a good time , so I set off with that one idea in mind .
27 With the drinks set out and the food at the ready , I set off with Caroline , who had arrived from Denmark the night before .
28 Armed with buckets , nets and battery airpumps , I set off with two willing helpers aged nine and eleven to the seaside .
29 Val and I set off with intentions to watch the jumps , but the Skippers road to the bridge is specifically excluded from motor insurance policies and when we saw it , we understood why ; it 's a dirt track along a precipice .
30 It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west .
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