Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 2 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 3 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 4 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 5 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
| 6 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 7 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 8 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 9 | but we , we set off in a big building , well a building about four times the size of this these houses and it was all sheet steel wrapped in polythene packages |
| 10 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 11 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
| 12 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 13 | In Siam , Thomson teamed up with a journalist called Kennedy , and , together with a large entourage , they set off on a perilous journey to Cambodia . |
| 14 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 15 | But if the evening is free of specific engagements , he sets off on a well-worn route by 8.30 or 9 pm . |
| 16 | While Jacob was dreaming of Jacob 's Ladder at Beth-El , his head was pillowed on a rock which upon waking he set up as a holy monument . |
| 17 | He set out on a surging run for goal and held off the challenge of Moore and Benali before sending a low shot past Stejskal . |
| 18 | He set off at a brisk pace for the lower station of the funicolare by Piazza Amedeo . |
| 19 | He set off at a brisk walk . |
| 20 | He set off at a fast lope , leaving her amazed that he still had enough energy to move so quickly , but also puzzled . |
| 21 | He was a scholar and for many years studied to learn the ways of dragons ; he was proud but not stupid , and he learned all that the books could teach him , and then he set off on a long journey and captured two baby dragons and brought them home as pets . |
| 22 | He set off on a long rambling account of something that had happened in the bar that afternoon . |