Example sentences of "and set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Law was equally keen to point out that little was being risked , and to set at rest the fears of his supporters : |
| 2 | Yet back in the 1950s there was the ‘ Teddy Boy ’ to alarm the public and to set against the allegedly poor but honest inter-war years when people could leave their doors unlocked . |
| 3 | The effect of introducing just this one gene is to switch off some genes and to set in train a sequence of gene activation so that the cell develops into a muscle cell with all the appropriate proteins — master gene is an appropriate description . |
| 4 | In the hall , turning to Martin , she said , ‘ Come and see the table before you go upstairs , ’ and hurried forward to the dining-room , where Martin exclaimed in genuine appreciation of the table , beautifully decorated with flowers , glass , and silver and set for sixteen people . |
| 5 | Jean Jelbart stood smiling just behind him , her golden-brown hair freshly curled and set for Christmas , and Belinda greeted her warmly as well . |
| 6 | The ceremony meant an unscheduled return to work for Christine as she had been off work with a broken hip , but was well on the way to recovery and set for a New Year return . |
| 7 | She found a spanner and set to work on the bike . |
| 8 | Caroline was delighted and set to work transforming her straight , shoulder-length hair into a glamorous new look . |
| 9 | After producing the Crowther Report , the Central Advisory Council was reconstituted under the chairmanship of John Newsom and set to work . |
| 10 | I took my make-up out of my bag , leaned close to the mirror and set to work on my face . |
| 11 | One evening in May 1979 they eagerly clambered in after warming up with several glasses of favourite tipple , turned the thermostat up high and set to . |
| 12 | This was very well attended and a committee , with himself as chairman ( a post he held for the next thirty-six years ) , was elected and set to work . |
| 13 | When he found himself in charge of a famous school he seized his opportunity and set to work to instil in the offspring of the ruling classes the personally desirable and politically vital sense of sin . |
| 14 | Tom had meanwhile dug up his turnips , and set to work hedging , digging ditches and helping out with the other farms , when the extra labour was needed . |
| 15 | She fetched her ladder and shears from the garden shed and set to work . |
| 16 | A classic and set to be equally good on the NES . |
| 17 | Young men of all races , mostly Hispanic , had piled out , and set to work . |
| 18 | Our first winner was Debbie Moseley and when Debbie told the guys at Feature You she would like to do modelling but thought she was n't good enough , they decided to prove her wrong and set to work on a dramatic transformation . |
| 19 | The best coaches will recognise this and set to work . |
| 20 | They were the Ostarbeiters , intelligent and educated , and set to work as labourers , made to wear a badge . |
| 21 | He put the receiver down , and — knowing he 'd never sleep now — squeezed out some fresh bright worms of paint to work with , and set to . |
| 22 | He glanced around , then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock . |
| 23 | Murdock had found these ideas rather attractive and set to work to build a locomotive model . |
| 24 | When they had done her back , they turned her over and set to work on her front . |
| 25 | He became quite carried away as with dexterous strokes he carved a particularly exquisite right breast and set to work on the delicate fluting of the ribs . |
| 26 | As soon as he was satisfied that all was well , he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass . |
| 27 | Minton took him upstairs to his studio , where his portrait of Nevile Wallis was in progress , and set to work on a small canvas . |
| 28 | I ladled the curried object , whatever it was , on to a heap of saffron rice , smothered it with sauce , rolled up a chipathi and set to . |
| 29 | From that moment , I felt I was accepted , and set to work to learn as much as I could , and make as many friends as possible . |
| 30 | Just marched in and set to work . |