Example sentences of "[conj] i set [adv prt] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself . |
| 2 | That 's fine with me , and I set about securing a partial guarantee from the Philippines ' largest bank . |
| 3 | We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing . |
| 4 | Amazingly , we arrived unscathed in Wenceslas Square and I set off to find the Čedok offices to arrange accommodation . |
| 5 | Causation or some of it might have come to an end just when I set out to snuff the candles , or never existed . |
| 6 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |