Example sentences of "he set [adv prt] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , studying changes over time , he set out to test the main conclusions derived from cross-sectional studies . |
| 2 | She was Tim 's first choice when he set out to find the perfect engagement ring for the woman he loved . |
| 3 | When Eligius became bishop of Noyon in 641 he set out to find the bones of the martyr Quentin . |
| 4 | With John Hanning Speke he set out to discover the source of the Nile . |
| 5 | He hardly even noticed the complaints of the people that he shouldered aside , or from the cars that were forced to stop as he set out to cross the street . |
| 6 | He sounded people out and found the responses favourable , so he set about to prepare the finest survey to have been carried out on Manchester up to that time and indeed up to the time of Charles Roeder 's article , late in the 19th century . |