Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course you can make appalling howlers if you set out for some reason to portray life in a social area unknown to you . |
| 2 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |
| 3 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 4 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 5 | For about six weeks before she set off for France , the long way via Cape Town , they made love feverishly . |
| 6 | In addition to jobs , the measurable benefits of economic TNPs include the exports due to foreign firms , and the backward linkages that they set up in the host economy , that is the locally produced goods and services they purchase , either from existing firms or from firms established primarily to supply the TNCs . |
| 7 | Colleagues , great credibility should go to John Prescott , Shadow Transport Secretary , who has demanded that all foreign registered tankers should provide details of routes when they set off from port so that all operators can be dealt with . |
| 8 | TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving . |
| 9 | Dick Hobbs ( 1988 ) lived with thieves and detectives as they set out to ‘ do the business ’ , and perhaps one of the most effective pieces of participant observation in recent times has been the four-volume Policy Studies Institute work on the police in London ( 1983 ) . |
| 10 | As we pray this prayer we join with those generous young men as they set out on their missionary journeys . |
| 11 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 12 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he set off down the corridor . |