Example sentences of "set about [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He set about looking for new sites . |
| 2 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
| 3 | He was the first person in the Soviet Union who realized what the avant-garde meant in terms of world art , as he set about searching for and collecting drawings , pictures , canvases … |
| 4 | In 1952 , in an article entitled ‘ Discourse Analysis ’ , he analysed an advertisement for hair tonic — from which he coyly omitted the brand name — and set about searching for grammatical rules to explain why one sentence followed another . |
| 5 | I thus set about preparing for the days ahead as , I imagine , a general might prepare for a battle : I devised with utmost care a special staff plan anticipating all sorts of eventualities ; I analysed where our weakest points lay and set about making contingency plans to fall back upon in the event of these points giving way ; I even gave the staff a military-style ‘ pep-talk ’ , impressing upon them that , for all their having to work at an exhausting rate , they could feel great pride in discharging their duties over the days that lay ahead . |
| 6 | In Opposition days , Heath the permanent secretary manqué set about preparing for government with a will . |
| 7 | Since 12 drawings do n't make a show , I borrowed the title The Non-Objective World , from Malevich and set about preparing for an exhibition of lesser-known artists of the early period ( 1914–24 ) . |
| 8 | The Association was given premises in the San Jacinto Market and set about pressing for their other demands . |