Example sentences of "when [pers pn] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 2 | I wondered , when I set off to get it , if my notoriety had been communicated on the jungle drums and if the promised purchase might still elude me , so I was especially glad to have it safely at home . |
| 3 | Mine is not a journey of that methodical description ; on the contrary it is a ramble hand-in-hand with Fancy , with a light heart and lighter baggage ; for my whole wallet , when I set off , contains but one single idea — but ideas are hermaphrodite , and these creatures of the brain are most prolific . |
| 4 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 5 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 6 | The cold of the night was deepening and I was weaker than I 'd been when I set out . |
| 7 | When I set out to write this story I thought that it would primarily show how scientists come up with ideas , design a strategy to test them , carry out the experiments , share experiences and attempt to replicate claimed discoveries , thereby establishing new natural phenomena . |
| 8 | Causation or some of it might have come to an end just when I set out to snuff the candles , or never existed . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm sure my arms are at least two inches longer than when I set out . ’ |
| 10 | We discussed all this in Committee when I set out our position clearly . |
| 11 | Did you look at any comparable institutions when you set up this one ? |
| 12 | When you set up the form , you have immediately created your database . |
| 13 | Try to make sure that the three of you go for walks together , taking it in turns to hold her lead , and when you set off on your own , avoid any big ‘ goodbye ’ fussing . |
| 14 | When you set off breathe out . |
| 15 | It is certainly the ideal companion when you set out to explore parts of the British Railway system other enthusiasts miss . |
| 16 | Because the subject is practically useful and will stand you in good stead when you set out on your chosen career . |
| 17 | ‘ When we set up again , it will be as far away from Camberley as possible . ’ |
| 18 | We were taxed by ethical issues when we set up the elective ventilation protocol : ethics may be defined as what is right , and in turn that can be regarded as behaviour that causes no distress , offence , or indignity in the context of current societal values . |
| 19 | ‘ That bookshop experience really helped when we set up Headline and I started running the UK sales force . |
| 20 | That was one of the reasons why , when we set up Headline , I called myself sales and publicity director , as opposed to marketing director , because I wanted to make it perfectly clear that we were a combined department . |
| 21 | The advantage to teachers will then outweigh the inconvenience caused when we set up the scheme . |
| 22 | Only , as Lewis tells us in Surprised by Joy , ‘ when we set out I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God , and when we reached the zoo I did . ’ |
| 23 | When we set out to know something , we do not proceed by proving everything we know before we know it . |
| 24 | So when we set out to develop our new Panasonic brand AT compatible personal computer , we designed it for maximum versatility . |
| 25 | When we set out to tell other people the truth by saying things , what we actually do is to say not what we believe , but what we believe we believe — which , as Freud and others have taught us , is n't always the same thing . |
| 26 | When we set out to do something new we often assume that the baseline will continue as it always has done . |
| 27 | But when we set off walking that stormy day , I never dreamed we 'd be so close to death |
| 28 | This helped my Group when we set about persuading the teaching profession , represented mainly by the National Association of Teachers of English , to accept our recommendations . |
| 29 | When we set about designing the new Apex , there was one particular feature around which the cooker was to be built … you . |
| 30 | When we set about trying to understand difficult discourse we often start with the kind of knowledge elicited by the first six questions . |