Example sentences of "[verb] set [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick . |
2 | He had a potter about and a chat and decided to set up in the far corner to our left . |
3 | MOUNTAIN adventurer Rebecca Stephens was yesterday thought to have set off on the final stage of a climb which will make her the first British women to reach the top of Everest . |
4 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |
5 | Although Stockholm was the base for spies of every warring nation , the Scandinavian connection that Foley had talked about was run by Norway , whose government-in-exile had set up in the neutral city . |
6 | Servants came , and wrapped them in soft new sheets together , and carried them to the bed which they had set up in the white room . |
7 | The light was fading perceptibly now ; they had set out in the full glare of the midday sun , but they had ridden for several hours and dusk was creeping across the land . |
8 | Scores of multinational companies have set up in the industrial parks on either side of the giant bridge that links Penang island to the mainland . |
9 | But he , or she , does need to be within striking distance of yourself , especially when you have set out on the tricky waters of the novel . |
10 | Very few of the proposals that we have set out in the preceding sections will be successful unless Britain is prepared to work in partnership within the Community . |