Example sentences of "[pers pn] set about [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Briefed comprehensively by my fastidious fiancee on ironing strategy — ‘ Never start from the front/make sure you give the cuffs a decent jet of steam … not like that , you chump ! ’ — I set about a pile of shirts , mainly cotton but one silk , and a range of trousers . |
| 2 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 3 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 4 | With no option but courage or ignominious retreat , I set about the 4a first pitch — an intimidating looking crack breaking through the overhanging lower wall . |
| 5 | You will be able to tackle and succeed in almost anything provided you set about the problem in the right way . |
| 6 | We set about a series of innovations that would give them access to that understanding , by means that were practicable within an already existing framework . |
| 7 | ‘ We set about a vigorous reconstruction programme supported by the ICI Group . |
| 8 | Retreating from press and other media distractions , they set about the search for the single . |
| 9 | Accordingly , they set about the task of reforming the religious and cultural life of the English localities with a vengeance . |
| 10 | They set about an extensive programme of repair and renovation of the complex and have so far successfully restored one of the Clutterbuck water wheels , as well as a Tangye Compound Steam Engine ( plus a portable boiler ) , that formerly powered stick making machinery . |