Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 2 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 3 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 4 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 5 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 6 | And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . |
| 7 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 8 | Although Johnson twice found the hillocky little town lacking — ‘ At night we came to Bamff [ sic ] , where I remember nothing that particularly claimed my attention ’ ; and ‘ Finding nothing to detain us at Bamff , we set out in the morning ’ — he yet managed to write a short exercise in observation of Scottish small borough architecture . |
| 9 | we set down in a passing-place and basked |
| 10 | Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . |
| 11 | We set off in the sunshine and quickly reached Snake Pass |
| 12 | And as we set out in the management letter , it 's a requirement of the audit commissioners code of practice , as we do report to areas of all the authorities that we deal with on an annual basis . |
| 13 | Cos Michael started it , he said we 're never said anything when we set off in the car , and then he said that he 'd had this fax from me and er Andrew said , well it was n't actually from , er , from me to the , it was fetched up to me and I sent it in the office . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | TWO boozy pals were caught by astonished police after they set off in a car — with BOTH of them driving . |
| 16 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 17 | Oh it would have been half as small , and she used to tell us grand stories with them setting off in the morning with their a bottle of milk and their , it 's like a pi with them , to keep the fire going to keep them warm and everything . |