Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That evening my older brother and I set off to go to the pictures only to find they were closed , we did not have a television and the wireless was only playing sombre music , ’ says Mrs Smith , who now lives at Campsie Close , Lambton Village , Washington . |
| 2 | Why , I 'm going to do what I set out to do at the start — I 'm going to make sure that bastard marries you ! ’ |
| 3 | I set out to get inside the heads of gynaecologists , but what remains in my head is the freeze-frame of that young women with her legs held apart , unconscious , still unaware of a verdict which is likely to affect her whole life . |
| 4 | I 'm absolutely delighted that we achieved what we set out to do at the beginning of the week , which was to ensure that the Ryder Cup stayed on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 5 | But Smith admitted : ‘ We 've got three points out of four , and that 's what we set out to achieve from the first two games . |
| 6 | Last season , an overwhelming number of players declared themselves unavailable for the competition , a sure indicator that they set little score on the provincial matches and they think the national selectors do likewise . |
| 7 | I hope they do what they set out to do for the sake of the people of West Belfast . |
| 8 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 9 | He set about struggling through the narrow window , one hand clutching the Champagne by its neck . |
| 10 | As he set off to return to the dairy and Tess , his father rode with him a little way . |