Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so it was then , that on a cold , Tuesday October evening I set off for my first match … |
| 2 | Ligachev argued that collective and state farms were still the backbone of the system and that most peasants did not want to leave them to set up on their own . |
| 3 | I accept that there has been a steady concentration of power in the hands of large , sophisticated and diversified publishing companies , yet it is still possible for you or me to set up on our own , and publish highly professional and innovative books from our own back bedroom at very little cost . |
| 4 | Try to make sure that the three of you go for walks together , taking it in turns to hold her lead , and when you set off on your own , avoid any big ‘ goodbye ’ fussing . |
| 5 | Because the subject is practically useful and will stand you in good stead when you set out on your chosen career . |
| 6 | She was only 28 when she set up on her own in 1976 , after starting her career as a researcher . |
| 7 | In 1930 she set off on her first solo long distance flight and broke the record from England to Australia . |
| 8 | THE husband of Julie Godwin told last night how he kissed her goodbye as she set off on her fateful holiday to South Africa . |
| 9 | Armed with a canal guide and a confidence inspiring wave from Roger we set off on our gentle adventure . |
| 10 | When even the milkmen and the postmen are not on the streets , he sets off for his daily three hour run , then swims for an hour before finally starting his day 's work as a leather goods salesman . |
| 11 | He set up on his own because the company he worked for , Top Man , did n't really know what was going on , on a street level . |
| 12 | He had completed his articles with James Edmeston of Bishopsgate before he was twenty , and was involved in several large building projects including Hungerford Market and the Fishmongers Hall ( 1831–4 ) when he worked for Henry Roberts , before he set up on his own . |
| 13 | he set up on his own you see and my brothers went there . |
| 14 | In 1834 he set up on his own in London as a general chemical manufacturer . |
| 15 | He set up on his own in Leamington , trading in medicinal salts , but in 1831 changed his scope to that of manufacturing salt and alkali in Stoke Prior in Worcestershire , a site valuable for its nearness to the Droitwich salt deposits , and to the new lines of transport communication of the Birmingham and Worcester canal . |
| 16 | He was free to lay down what proportion of their produce was to be made over to him , and how many days in the week they were to work the fields he set aside for his own use . |
| 17 | These include Buckle Island , just off the Antarctic coast , and Mts Erebus and Terror , only a few kilometres from Scott 's original base camp , from which he set out on his last heroic journey . |