Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that I do not mean than one can not pin them down to set feeding patterns on specific waters . |
| 2 | Instead of just one 45cm eel , six 30cm eels had been sent , so I duly set off , having re-arranged a tank to put them in . |
| 3 | I merely set a few wheels in motion . ’ |
| 4 | Not a partnership — strangely for someone so set in his own ways , Ken would be willing to do as he was told , as far as work was concerned . |
| 5 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 6 | ‘ I just set out to bowl it straight and make sure the batsman had to play at it . |
| 7 | I just set . |
| 8 | Dang and I finally set out for the village where she wanted to start the ‘ cottage industry ’ . |
| 9 | Something inside Merrill protested at the lie , but she went on stonily , ‘ I think I had your measure before I ever set foot in these offices . |
| 10 | She only worked at Pembroke Lodge for four weeks and I hardly set eyes on her . |
| 11 | I usually set my alarm clock for five , ready for me to be away two hours later at dawn . |
| 12 | I also set up a room for the program under review , so I can just click at the side of the screen and move to it . |
| 13 | Just to be on the safe side I also set up a stick float and a bleak whip but I was hoping I would n't need them — so much for being positive . |
| 14 | I also set up snares and trip-wires linked to glass bottles in the grass on the dunes over the creek , so that if anybody tried to sneak up they would either catch themselves or snag the wire , pulling the bottle out of its hole in the sand and down on to a stone . |
| 15 | As I shakily set down my glass , with a new attack of the clammy sweats seeping into my shirt , things grew more terrifying . |
| 16 | I now set out the reasons for which I agreed that the appeal should be allowed . |
| 17 | Certainly I do n't let small things stand in my way when I really set out to achieve my ends . ’ |
| 18 | I often set a problem and allow them to choose their own method of working . |
| 19 | I immediately set about trying to fulfil Mr Farraday 's wishes , but as you know , finding recruits of a satisfactory standard is no easy task nowadays , and although I was pleased to hire Rosemary and Agnes on Mrs Clements 's recommendation , I had got no further by the time I came to have my first business meeting with Mr Farraday during the short preliminary visit he made to our shores in the spring of last year . |
| 20 | After travelling to the little mining village and speaking to Brown 's mother , ‘ I then set out to find him , having been told that he had gone to the pit with a barrow to fetch some coal . |
| 21 | I then set about finding a genuine buyer , which was why I needed to know what sort of planning permission would be accepted by the council . |
| 22 | ‘ Someone else set it up and he 's just being used ? ’ |
| 23 | However , both TA and IT are relatively complicated to master and you re recommended to let someone else set them up or run them for you unless you are really eager to advance your computer expertise . |
| 24 | Then , from U hu , someone else sets off for Lāmri and for Lorpa . |
| 25 | I therefore set about thinking of some witty reply ; some statement which would still be safely inoffensive in the event of my having misjudged the situation . |
| 26 | I therefore set about devising a better mathematical treatment , which I described at an informal seminar in Oxford at the end of November 1973 . |
| 27 | I would rather die in a glorious cause than to succeed because I never set anything to go for . |
| 28 | ‘ I never set eyes on Parmiggiani 's installation ’ |
| 29 | But I never set eyes on him , me . " |
| 30 | He found himself walking through Denver Airport one day with a hollowed-out Brazilian hand-grenade fitted with a Zippo lighter , a present from Singlaub to Calero : ‘ one of the scary things was that I walked right through … and I never set off the alarms . ’ |