Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] set [adv prt] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's fine with me , and I set about securing a partial guarantee from the Philippines ' largest bank . |
| 2 | We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing . |
| 3 | Amazingly , we arrived unscathed in Wenceslas Square and I set off to find the Čedok offices to arrange accommodation . |
| 4 | The wealth of Sir Herbert Leon , who had bought the Bletchley estate in 1883 and who set about transforming the house , was trumpeted loudly in the griffin statues on either side of the main entrance , in the exterior ‘ refinements ’ , in the florid plasterwork of friezes and ceilings , and in the opulent oak panelling and heavily elaborate carved details of the interior . |
| 5 | Joanna 's depression vanished immediately and she set off to do the shopping in high spirits while Sophie , equally elated , went to the surgery . |
| 6 | We set out to win that Cambridgeshire and we set out to win the two races at Haydock which came before today , ’ he smiled . |
| 7 | John Welsby was appointed as the first Director , Provincial , and he set about evaluating the sources of the sector 's costs . |
| 8 | By August , Crawford was well established in Dunedin , having found board in the seaside suburb of St Clair , and he set about grooming a training squad from which the Otago team for the coming season would be selected . |
| 9 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |