Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as he was satisfied that all was well , he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass . |
| 2 | In the hall , turning to Martin , she said , ‘ Come and see the table before you go upstairs , ’ and hurried forward to the dining-room , where Martin exclaimed in genuine appreciation of the table , beautifully decorated with flowers , glass , and silver and set for sixteen people . |
| 3 | After producing the Crowther Report , the Central Advisory Council was reconstituted under the chairmanship of John Newsom and set to work . |
| 4 | When he found himself in charge of a famous school he seized his opportunity and set to work to instil in the offspring of the ruling classes the personally desirable and politically vital sense of sin . |
| 5 | The person in charge of product development decided to carry out all the modifications simultaneously ( although not forced to by LIFESPAN ) , made a senior programmer the user associated with the DCs and instructed him to activate the DCs on the main package and set to work . |
| 6 | The ceremony meant an unscheduled return to work for Christine as she had been off work with a broken hip , but was well on the way to recovery and set for a New Year return . |
| 7 | The swarming lampreys consume not only dead or sickly fish but set upon otherwise healthy ones . |
| 8 | She fetched her ladder and shears from the garden shed and set to work . |
| 9 | While fitzAlan hefted the grey 's hoof and set to work , she glanced about , absently patting Chalon 's velvety muzzle . |
| 10 | A classic and set to be equally good on the NES . |
| 11 | I ladled the curried object , whatever it was , on to a heap of saffron rice , smothered it with sauce , rolled up a chipathi and set to . |
| 12 | He became quite carried away as with dexterous strokes he carved a particularly exquisite right breast and set to work on the delicate fluting of the ribs . |
| 13 | He glanced around , then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock . |
| 14 | They bought a set of plans , hired space at a boat builders ' yard and set to work . |
| 15 | I took my make-up out of my bag , leaned close to the mirror and set to work on my face . |
| 16 | Sir John grinned his thanks , took his own pewter spoon from his wallet , drew his dagger and set to as if he had n't eaten for days . |
| 17 | She found a spanner and set to work on the bike . |
| 18 | I get back to my office and set to work with the phone . |
| 19 | She hustled Victorine and Madeleine from the kitchen , then tied on an apron and set to . |
| 20 | Rose , Victorine , Thérèse and Léonie pulled up chairs to the kitchen table and set to . |