Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it were pigeon droppings then it would be a moot point as to whether merely to murmur condolences and hurry on or to set to work with a clean handkerchief . |
| 2 | Between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 several thousand Azerbaijani rioters pulled down or set fire to fences and other installations along a 137-km stretch of the border between the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( an Azerbaijani exclave separated from Azerbaijan proper by a strip of Armenian territory ) and Iran . |
| 3 | We shall here use adjectival position to mean any construction which has the function of realizing some distinct pattern of intensional relations , and which meets the following criteria : ( a ) It contains an adjective as one of its elements ; ( b ) It is minimally extended for that adjective , i.e. there are no further elements dependent on the adjective ( since all such phrases will reduce in their structural effect to a single occurrence of adjective anyway ) ; ( c ) It is minimally complete for that adjective ; that is , the adjective achieves its structural effect within the construction , so that setting the whole pattern into a larger construction can not change the effective value of the adjective . |
| 4 | She grunted fiercely and set off up the slope . |
| 5 | If we want to do something badly enough and set about it seriously it is staggering how much help just seems to fall our way . |
| 6 | W.L. Gore , of Gore-Tex fame , clearly thought this was n't enough and set about developing a lightweight , breathable windproof lining designed primarily for fleece and wool . |
| 7 | Just marched in and set to work . |
| 8 | After walking in and setting down their pocket tape recorder , they soon reveal themselves as inarticulate and badly prepared and the whole encounter is punctuated with long , awkward silences . |
| 9 | I mean , you imagine somebody breaking in and setting fire to a trailer . |
| 10 | If I had my choice , I 'd rather be left to work something out myself ; instead of it all being set up and you just walk in and take measurements , go away and analyse them , you 'd have to go in and set it all up , then you 'd really learn something . |
| 11 | As we got in and set off he said to me , ‘ Have you ever seen Bulawayo ? ’ |
| 12 | He jumped in and set off for his rendezvous with Volkov 's wife . |
| 13 | Their leader had quiet words with the cardinal , who smiled , clapped his hands , and a green baize-covered table and two chairs were brought in and set down in the middle of the hall . |
| 14 | er if it 's in the hall er we 've got it in our hall and you just plug in and set it on and then if anybody opens a window , the alarm bell goes off . |
| 15 | I think we 're just gon na have to let him moan I would n't mind , but until last weekend , he never give a dickie bird about going to sleep I think it was that came in and set him off she should 've just left him on to it instead of trying to do it herself |
| 16 | The children 's charity is issuing leaflets which advise harassed parents : ‘ Cool down and set children a good example rather than overreact . |
| 17 | She sat down and set to work on the files . |
| 18 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 19 | The inner flesh was as raw as a recent wound , and clear resin had oozed to the surface , trickled down and set into sticky pink runnels . |
| 20 | Only through Cunhaval was she aware of life in the forest and it was not a life-form that encouraged them to slow down and set a trap . |
| 21 | Cornelius lifted him down and set him upon the copper map . |
| 22 | At the same time , he needed to have someone to ‘ come along and set up a boundary . |
| 23 | They got their rods and landing nets together and set off for home . |
| 24 | She pulled herself together and set off across the square . |
| 25 | Tom put two and two together and set off in search of the youths , asking the Security Guard to summon the Police . |
| 26 | We smoke the first bag , throw a heap of indiscriminate clothing together and set off on our long journey to Wales , our bodies leaden and our lids heavy . |
| 27 | Lucker and I get a few beach items together and set off across the dunes towards the shimmering shore . |
| 28 | We got some torches together and set off for the graveyard . |
| 29 | The two exiles fall in together and set out on the adventure of becoming a suburban couple . |
| 30 | The ones appointed to do the job had never been very good at it , but he had heard a rumour that Horemheb was training a secret corps of police , answering to him alone but set up in the pharaoh 's name and in the interests of national security . |