Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv prt] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Huddersfield , a strong reserve force had been a vital factor in the Championship run , and Chapman soon set about building a similar force at Arsenal . |
| 2 | During this period , they also set about rubbishing the British proposals for competing currencies , and for the hard ecu . |
| 3 | Having plunged into the heartland of the Japanese-dominated midrange 4 × 4 sector with a Discovery pared to three doors and with an excellent new turbo-diesel or the old carburettored V-8 petrol to compete on price , they have now set about protecting the upper echelons by adding doors three and four and the injection version of the stalwart V-8 . |
| 4 | That defeat closed the west to the Magyars who then set about colonising the Pannonian plain and founding the state we now know as Hungary . |
| 5 | I then set about finding a genuine buyer , which was why I needed to know what sort of planning permission would be accepted by the council . |