Example sentences of "[vb past] to set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He tried to set up as a fridge and freezer engineer , but that did n't work . |
| 2 | Gascoigne enjoyed good support from Batty , who had another busy game in midfield and rarely allowed the opposition to establish the sort of rhythm they tried to set up at the start , when Boban and Suker tested Woods with low shots after some swift exchanges of passes had succeeded in outmanoeuvring England 's defence . |
| 3 | Little did Jean realise it , as she prepared to set off to church at Caterham , Surrey , for the funeral of her lifetime partner and soulmate , but the first clue to his free-spending secret life had plopped through the letterbox that very morning . |
| 4 | But disappointment began to set in by the time the ballot boxes had been emptied , and when the second stage of the count began , at 12.45 a.m. , it soon became clear that it would be a two-horse race . |
| 5 | Ryedale councillors , who recently decided to set up of a customer-care department , have called for a report . |
| 6 | Stork was attracted to the idea of headhunting , but less to the idea of working for GKR , so he decided to set up on his own , working at both headhunting and marketing consulting . |
| 7 | He had a potter about and a chat and decided to set up in the far corner to our left . |
| 8 | After only four months at home , Leopold decided to set out on another , longer tour , this time to Paris and London . |
| 9 | This however proved to be the catalyst that Bowran needed to set up on his own . |
| 10 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 11 | And if he had to set out on this nonsensical journey to the Fire Court with the Humans , it would be as well to just stock up a bit for his return . |
| 12 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |
| 13 | Although he showed particular fondness for Jessie , John certainly was not generous to the couple when after the war her husband wanted to set up in the textile business in Newcastle . |
| 14 | It was that if I wanted to set up in the business of manufacturing coffins , he would have no objections . |
| 15 | Aw , c'm on , it was just like that in Australia not long ago : one of the wire services reports in a condescending way that under local law , the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil recognises only the principle of priority in brand names , so that companies like IBM Corp , Xerox Corp and Sony Corp have had to ‘ buy back ’ their names before they could do business under them in Brazil ; the US is pressing Brazil to change the law to protect internationally recognised brand names — but it is not so long ago that , legend has it , an enterprising travelling Australian spotted that car hire was becoming big business , so when he got home , he registered the names Hertz and Avis , sold the Hertz name back to the company when it wanted to set up in Australia — and then used the cash he got from Hertz to set up the Avis concession in Australia . |
| 16 | The Vimy was constructed on February 13 , it was No 13 of the batch , the Vickers crew numbered 13 , the Vimy reached Newfoundland on May 26 ( twice 13 ) , Jack arrived in Newfoundland on May 13 , and because 13 was lucky to him Jack wanted to set off on the attempt on June 13 . |
| 17 | I just wanted to set out for you we do n't agree with the assessment on landscape impact on the A sixty four south . |