Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 2 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 3 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 4 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 5 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 6 | I set out below the additional information which will be required for the week commencing [ date ] . |
| 7 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 8 | The premature declarations of imminent victory and raising of empty hopes contained the germ of the inevitable decline in confidence which set in during the following weeks , as the news from the eastern Front told a different story . |
| 9 | Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione . |
| 10 | With no further words , she set off across the wide lawns of the De Belving gardens , scattering a couple of sleepy peacocks as she went . |
| 11 | She set off across the rough turf towards the low hill brow ahead . |
| 12 | Then she set off across the shimmering grass , towards the dank , smelly , but mercifully cool ‘ Ladies ’ . |
| 13 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 14 | To this end we will be working closely with Music Aid , a group of volunteers from the music world who set up after the tragic Ethiopian famine in the mid nineteen eighties . |
| 15 | It was a beautiful sunny day , if anything it would be too hot for the marathon runners who set off before the fun runners , fun walkers and fun pusher ! |
| 16 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 17 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |
| 18 | Once again we set out in the pre-dawn walk through the forest , the amble across the alpine pastures , and the short struggle up the screes to the foot of the wall . |
| 19 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 20 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 21 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 22 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 23 | The latter is either a private network , or one set up by the local authority in your area which operates an alarm system at a central control point . |
| 24 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 25 | ‘ The marshal , ’ complained one of his officers even before they set out on the futile march to Carlisle , ‘ is infirm and peevish … both in body and mind , forgetful , irresolute and perplext . ’ |
| 26 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 27 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 28 | They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat . |
| 29 | Many of the farmer 's wives came in for a mug of tea and perhaps a piece of cake before they set off on the long drive for home . |
| 30 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |