Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a fairway pitch , I set up with the ball forward in my stance with the clubface square to the target ( photo 2 ) . |
| 2 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 3 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 4 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 5 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 6 | Once I had unpacked , I set off down the lane to have a look at the Round Tower before dark . |
| 7 | Bright and early next morning , I set off down the lane to work , my drawing pad and pens in my jauntily swinging plastic bag . |
| 8 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 9 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 10 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 11 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 12 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 13 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 14 | I set out at the time the details of the areas where we would see new and better facilities reopening , and those better facilities have reopened . |
| 15 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 18 | Should she set off down the hill to meet him ? |
| 19 | If you set out with the idea of generating more clubhead speed by delaying the hit or the release of the hands , you must balance this with a much faster hand and arm action through impact . |
| 20 | And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . |
| 21 | She sets out before the sun , driving a team of horses which pull her soft blue chariot up from the depths of the ocean , and shows her brother the way to rise . |
| 22 | It is alleged by the fourth plea , that the defendant 's testator never requested the plaintiff to enter into the engagement to marry , or to marry , and that there never was any consideration for the testator 's promise , except what may be collected from the letter itself set out in the declaration . |
| 23 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
| 24 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
| 25 | She set off towards the junction to the left . |
| 26 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 27 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
| 28 | She set off up the scarp , using juts and ledges as a diagonal staircase to take her on a course that would bring her close to Johannsen when they both reached the top of the incline . |
| 29 | Throwing it over her shoulder , she set off down the aisle , the two men close behind her . |
| 30 | She set off down the slope , forcing herself not to run , telling herself again and again that it was all right ; that her fears were unfounded . |