Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After electrification in 1966 , the Bletchley train continued to pick up at Loughton , but not to set down at night . |
| 2 | You need to set down at the start what you expect to achieve . |
| 3 | And that in fact is headed by erm a summary table erm which attempts to set down on p one piece of paper , where the differences erm erm lie . |
| 4 | It is these experiences which have prompted me to set down in this book some of the lessons I have learnt over the years . |
| 5 | According to Dr Richard Earle , director of the IOS , accelerated ageing is most likely to set in between 40 and 50 , with women ageing faster during this decade than men ( an average of eighteen years compared to fifteen ) . |
| 6 | But disappointment began to set in by the time the ballot boxes had been emptied , and when the second stage of the count began , at 12.45 a.m. , it soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race . |
| 7 | Hundreds of people line the banks of the River Coruh in Eastern Turkey eagerly awaiting three huge river rafts , each with a 24 strong crew , to set off down the rapids . |
| 8 | It was another sunny morning and I took the opportunity to set off with Singi , our assistant sirdar , for a shapely rock peak rising above the campsite and offering the prospect of an interesting climb and a good viewpoint . |
| 9 | It was eleven o'clock before all the family were in bed , and two o'clock next morning was the latest time to set off with the beehives . |
| 10 | I lay there trying to square what I heard with the new enthusiasm derived from Edward and Laura , for I 'd left the Lodge around two in the morning , ready to set off with them the next day in search of the horizon . |
| 11 | In the meantime , if you want to set off with road map and cheque book , then get the new editions of the Factory Shop Guide . |
| 12 | She was the last passenger to set off across the tracks , laden with parcels from her shopping trip , and the little boy tagging along behind . |
| 13 | But this morning , I must say , I found it quite offensive and it may well have been the urge to demonstrate just how foolish his insinuation had been that caused me to set off up the footpath . |
| 14 | My husband and daughter decide to set off up the hill ‘ to look for America ’ . |
| 15 | Well , so I 'm going to meet him at Temple Meads and we 're going to set off to the Marquis family abode . |
| 16 | Little did Jean realise it , as she prepared to set off to church at Caterham , Surrey , for the funeral of her lifetime partner and soulmate , but the first clue to his free-spending secret life had plopped through the letterbox that very morning . |
| 17 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 18 | The day they were due to set off for France , Shanti had a swathe of her black curly hair bleached and dyed crimson . |
| 19 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 20 | A MOTHER has condemned thieves who stole the wheels off the family car just before her cancer victim daughter was to set off for a hospital check up . |
| 21 | But coming here has made me realize how much time has passed since , as a small boy , we used to set off for dinners and functions . |
| 22 | It was a suspiciously long letter for someone who seldom wrote any , and when Rain was waiting to set off for the office he was still tapping away at it . |
| 23 | It was as if she was n't married ; just as it had been before , going to bed in her pink and white room , setting off for the ‘ Craft Basket ’ at half-past eight in the morning , just as she used to set off for school , home by five thirty , tea , telly , and some needlework to keep herself occupied . |
| 24 | Anxious not to interrupt Veronica 's Sunday lunch , Loretta waited until three to set off for Hallborough . |
| 25 | Well , if you 're about to set off for your Easter weekend , do take care on the roads . |
| 26 | After my four days Ken was to set off on his own curtailed family holiday . |
| 27 | ‘ Guv'nor says you 're to set off on the side nearest him , ’ Bob said briefly . |
| 28 | And it was able to set off on a totally different , and more professional , tack . |
| 29 | If the wind is blowing directly onshore , you should also work out which is the best tack to set off on . |
| 30 | He now travelled in disguise from St Malo on 18 December 1715 , to Dunkirk , from where , after a six-week wait , he was at last able to set off on a small eight-gun 200-tonner , for Scotland . |