Example sentences of "[coord] set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 2 | All goods supplied by the Seller shall be in accordance with ( i ) the current edition of the relevant Product Description Leaflet as published from time to time by the Seller ( copies of which are available from the Seller upon request ) and ( ii ) those further specifications or descriptions ( if any ) expressly listed or set out on the face of the Order . |
| 3 | One of the spoke machines from the Road Vehicle Shop was adapted ; cutter block was quickly made and set up by the tool-room , but two dimensions could not be attained in this process . |
| 4 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 5 | The largest intact building , erected beside the small church , was occupied by three resident monks , a lay servant , and a group of men from Berwick , who , under the supervision of a black-robed clerk , were carrying out and setting up before the building a trestle table with a stool for each end , and a couple of benches . |
| 6 | For example , if you use what was the dining room for a work room/study as well , you should either have a round table which can be piled with books when necessary , a table set off-centre , or a drop-leaf table that can be pulled out and set up in the centre of the room as required . |
| 7 | Its audience was familiar with the statue which Charlemagne had brought from Italy and set up in the courtyard at Aachen . |
| 8 | He imagined himself to be in the centre of the city now , surrounded by its magnificent old crumbling buildings , its churches and palaces , villas and castles filled with the rich trappings of the centuries and set about by the bustle , the noise , the filth , squalor and abject poverty of the streets . |
| 9 | ( 5 ) Wherever , in ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) above , the order requires one or other court to consider whether it ought to try the case or whether it ought to transfer it ( pursuant to the powers of transfer under ss 40(2) , 41(1) or 42(2) of the 1984 Act ) that court must have regard to the criteria laid down in art 7(5) and set out at the start of Chapter 13 . |
| 10 | The two exiles fall in together and set out on the adventure of becoming a suburban couple . |
| 11 | Within six months , however , he had left the Party and set out on the road that led to the formation of the British Union of Fascists in 1932 . |
| 12 | In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons . |
| 13 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 14 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 15 | I parked my car at around midday and set out towards the Press tent . |
| 16 | Randolph , smiling from ear to ear , quickly dressed into warm clothes and set out towards the toy factory . |
| 17 | Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river . |
| 18 | So the next morning at dawn the poor wife took her baby in her arms and set out along the shore . |
| 19 | At two o'clock Wycliffe collected the dead man 's keys from the duty officer and set out along the wharf . |
| 20 | When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home . |
| 21 | I watched as Norman handled the rope with competent familiarity , and set out up the centre of the slab . |
| 22 | Quite suddenly she felt a generous relief , as though she 'd given science and herself new hope of heaven , and set out through the gathering dark , home , home across the dragon-haunted park . |
| 23 | If you have a grievance relating to your employment , please refer to the procedure agreed by the Council and set out in the document attached to this statement of particulars . |
| 24 | Zak waved , retreated and set off down the corridor , flat-footed almost at once after his bounce in the dining car , and already with drooping shoulders consulting his notebook about what he needed to do next . |
| 25 | She returned indoors to fetch stout shoes and anorak , tied a headscarf over her bobbed brown hair to stop it flying about in the wind , and set off down the lane . |
| 26 | Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects . |
| 27 | The 1958 Cadillac Eldorado swept out from the garage and set off down the road from Cromcruach . |
| 28 | She turned and set off down the path leading to the river and the house . |
| 29 | When Hugh 's men had lifted Aldhelm 's body on to the litter , and set off down the path with it towards the Foregate , Tutilo fell in behind the sorry little procession like a mourner , and went silently step for step with them , his eyes still upon the shrouded body . |
| 30 | We struck camp next day and set off down the mountain on our way to the Webi Shebeli . |