Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must not remember the story I set out to tell . |
| 2 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 3 | So with borrowed gear , no harness and a stranger I set off . |
| 4 | I still have a note of the objectives for the review I set out at Wilton Park : |
| 5 | ‘ Despite the aggressive treatment and the rigorous fitness programme we set up , he began to deteriorate . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At nightfall they set off down the escarpment and in holiday mood were soon bowling merrily along the coast road . |
| 8 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 9 | After a shop at Sainsburys in Camden Town and a quick cold meat and salad lunch I set off by Tube to Finsbury Circus to one of the big offices of BP for a Management and Membership Committee meeting of the British Association of Industrial Editors . |
| 10 | That is why in this manifesto we set out a clear analysis of Britain 's problems and our proposals for putting them right . |
| 11 | But that is n't the question we set out with . |
| 12 | After lunch they set off to Kingsburgh for one of their most memorable encounters . |
| 13 | At the time Mr Justice Macpherson said the decision of the Merseyside police authority chairman , Mr George Brundred , and his deputy , Mr Harry Rimmer , leader of Liverpool City Council , to delegate her case to a committee they set up expressly for the purpose ‘ had the smell of unfairness about it ’ . |
| 14 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
| 15 | Everyone knows that in fact you can get organised — so — leaving the family , animals and business I set off for Avery Hill College . |
| 16 | The political argument for conventionalism I set out a moment ago supposes that this kind of situation is inevitable , that no theory of adjudication can prevent it . |
| 17 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 18 | It was probably natural that the community they set up was so convinced of its own religious ideals that it thought toleration was harmful , but it was also natural that the strong-minded people who had committed themselves to this Atlantic crossing were not able to agree among themselves what was the true religion to which they were so committed . |
| 19 | Their real force can be discerned from the extent to which the problematics they set up have continued to exercise subsequent writers . |
| 20 | They 've re-opened an incident room they set up in November when a fourteen year old girl was raped . |
| 21 | Said Len Brealey : ‘ The plain facts are that after Mr Woolhouse failed to reach payment in an original contract we set up a new agreement . |
| 22 | Having already obtained an MoD licence and farmer 's permission we set about trying to pinpoint the site . |
| 23 | With the patience and advice from my local vet we set up a recovery programme . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The reason for this double act becomes obvious the minute you set off . |
| 26 | Following the very worthwhile discussion at the seminar we set up a Working Party to explore the main issues of concern and to suggest practical guidelines and recommendations for implementation . |
| 27 | The following day we set off to walk the Clear Creek trail which winds along the Colorado river , following a high gritstone outcrop about 1,640′ above it . |
| 28 | On that first day we set off with high hopes of finding out what the foxes were doing and to work out where to concentrate our filming efforts . |
| 29 | At about midnight we set off on our way back to Hal Far . |
| 30 | 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 . |