Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These are arrived at using criteria set down by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers of Local Authorities .
2 The differences set in with the different ways in which boys and girls may typically ( not ‘ must always ’ ) resolve the Oedipus complex .
3 ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry .
4 In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten .
5 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 .
6 He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were .
7 They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat .
8 We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress .
9 We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag .
10 But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning .
11 She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house .
12 After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list .
13 Set off with the towing Julie 's car and the tow rope just snapped in two , and it jerked both cars and it cut off the fuel .
14 Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day .
15 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 .
16 There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast .
17 FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour .
18 Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away .
19 Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit .
20 Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate .
21 Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home .
22 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 .
23 set off before the last grunt of the dinosaurs
24 ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us .
25 They set off from the same place but , like pieces of something that had just exploded , they each took a different course across the lawn .
26 The plan clears up the legal wrangles set off by the federal government 's decision in 1988 to sue the state government over water quality in the Everglades , but leaves unclear many of the details of the clean-up .
27 Set up at the same time as Plowden , with the same terms of reference and some overlap of membership , this report shared Plowden 's philosophy of education , and reached similar general conclusions .
28 We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them .
29 It was suggested earlier that the agencies set up during the nineteenth century to implement social policies were often ad hoc bodies .
30 The final major institution was to be the Court of Justice , not to be confused with the European Court of Human Rights set up under the 1950 Convention and based in Strasbourg along with the Council of Europe .
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