Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] set [adv prt] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Broomhead shook his head in resigned disbelief and set about installing the gramophone in its housing . |
| 2 | He now bought the site on behalf of the British Museum and set out to find the temple . |
| 3 | Betty was wearing a dressing-gown , a circumstance which served further to upset Lydia , who nevertheless painted her mouth bright red to facilitate her smile and set about connecting the bottled gas to the stove . |
| 4 | He built his first car by the time he was 18. in 1909 he took over the Molsheim factory near Strasbourg and set about developing the greatest racing car in the world . |
| 5 | According to family tradition , Mr and Mrs Major then carved up the constituency and set about rallying the troops . |
| 6 | So the arrival at the Grand Quay of that famous pirate ship the ‘ Black Pig ’ caused no excitement , and Captain Pugwash , the Mate , Barnabas , Willy and Tom the cabin boy attracted little attention as they stepped down the gangplank and set off to view the sights of the town . |
| 7 | Slid his unsocked feet into a pair of canvas loafers and set out to test a certain hypothesis . |
| 8 | He believed that there should be some form of demonstration against such displays and set about organising the ‘ march for righteousness ’ . |
| 9 | The new Labour Government who will be elected five weeks tomorrow will immediately sign the social charter and set about getting the social chapter firmly into the treaty itself . |
| 10 | She saw it as an opportunity to take control of her life and set about tackling the crisis with positive thinking . |
| 11 | We faced legal bills of £120,000 and set out to raise the majority of this money by public appeal , to save the magazine from the threat of extinction . |
| 12 | Meredith , feeling quite pleased with herself , put on her anorak and set out to explore a little more of Pook 's Common . |
| 13 | In my opinion , they should stop hounding law-abiding citizens and set about catching the obvious culprits , whoever they are . |
| 14 | One is to accept Ken Livingstone 's position and set about expelling the province from the UK , whatever the consequences . |
| 15 | He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back . |
| 16 | Two years ago , Betty bought a beginner 's quilling set and set out to make a card . |