Example sentences of "set [adv] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | During this period , they also set about rubbishing the British proposals for competing currencies , and for the hard ecu . |
2 | In my opinion , they should stop hounding law-abiding citizens and set about catching the obvious culprits , whoever they are . |
3 | In the kitchen , which had now become familiar to him , Joe set about making the two cups of cocoa . |
4 | In the autumn of 1936 Franco set about preparing the political foundations of his " New State " , in anticipation of what he thought was his imminent entry to Madrid . |
5 | In 1770/71 Lagrange set about analysing the various methods then known for dealing with the general equations of degrees 2 , 3 , 4 and he found that they all depended on the same general principle ( see Section 5.2 ) . |