Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet .
2 We set off again along the gravel paths .
3 The three men set off again in the Sunbeam , touring the stores of Ruislip and Eastcote , making purchases with their newly acquired Barclaycard .
4 At the time Mr Justice Macpherson said the decision of the Merseyside police authority chairman , Mr George Brundred , and his deputy , Mr Harry Rimmer , leader of Liverpool City Council , to delegate her case to a committee they set up expressly for the purpose ‘ had the smell of unfairness about it ’ .
5 Parents tried to help their children set up home with the aid of a ‘ marriage portion ’ , but most couples had to rely mainly on their own savings .
6 Many set up home across the south , beginning lives again from scratch .
7 It was a cold , bright morning when we set out cheerfully down the river .
8 It was mid-morning when we set out nervously along the coast road on the first two-wheeled motor I had ridden for 20 years .
9 Having dealt with the general principles of the UCTA it is now possible to analyse its effect in detail on various contractual relationships using as a framework the definitions and different combinations of the factors set out above in the section devoted to the basic rationale of the UCTA .
10 In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country .
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