Example sentences of "[adv] to set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I 'm good enough to set up on my own . |
| 2 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 3 | A final technical point on audio versus video recording : it takes no longer to set up for a simple video recording than it does to position a microphone for an audio recording . |
| 4 | After electrification in 1966 , the Bletchley train continued to pick up at Loughton , but not to set down at night . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal then [ 1992 ] 3 W.L.R. 9 , 18–19 , set out its own opinion on the matter , which it is convenient now to set out at length : |
| 6 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 7 | Well , if you 're about to set off for your Easter weekend , do take care on the roads . |
| 8 | Well , it happened that Maureen and Aubrey were about to set off on a round-Britain motoring holiday . |
| 9 | He showed us his collection of guns , taking them down from their racks and handing them out to us as if we were about to set off on some dangerous mission . |
| 10 | A month later , just before he was about to set off on his journey ‘ into the interior by way of Namoi , Gould wrote to Sir John Franklin in Hobart of his progress so far : ‘ After spending a fortnight in the lowland brushes I proceeded to the upper districts and the Liverpool ranges whence I have just returned having made several discoveries of new species both of Birds and Quadrupeds , of the latter I believe I have two new kinds of Kangaroo . ’ |
| 11 | Fresh from the indulgence of driving the fastest and most powerful Jaguar saloon ever built over several hundred kilometres of demanding roads , I was about to set off on a journey that would take me from one end of Europe to the other . |
| 12 | You are about to set out on an interesting and formative experience , something that is likely to have a major impact on your life . |
| 13 | They had been about to set out for the main bridge when he had said : |
| 14 | The vendor 's company may be able to carry earlier losses forward to set off against the gain or if the capital assets were bought by the company only within the past few years , it is possible that there may be a loss rather than a gain . |