Example sentences of "and [pers pn] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q. I am a beginner with around a year 's experience and I set up a 48″ × 21″ × 18″ ( water height ) marine tank last December . |
| 2 | Thrush Green was an ideal place to play , and I set about moving my dolls along their allotted paths during the next few years . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I reckoned he was the minister Clare was planning to denounce and I set about trying to discover his secret for myself . ’ |
| 5 | That 's fine with me , and I set about securing a partial guarantee from the Philippines ' largest bank . |
| 6 | So Tom , the A to Z and I set out on ‘ a voyage of discovery into the vast unknown ’ … |
| 7 | We had also determined to acquit ourselves well in the removal of fish from their natural habitat , and Blair and I set out one evening intent upon playing havoc with Ythan sea-trout . |
| 8 | Experience was all , and I set out to grab it with both hands , drifting from country to country , from one relationship to another , a heedless , hedonistic round with never a thought for tomorrow . |
| 9 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 10 | The first evening we left the children with some of the helpers and my husband , David , and I set out to Mass at the convent . |
| 11 | A few years ago , John Cook and I set out to examine this effect quantitatively . |
| 12 | The farmer 's wife has kindly pressed my kilt and I set off into town with a small group of Commandos , all of us determined to enjoy ourselves , and , of course , to sort out the local French girls . |
| 13 | Fiona and I set off from Fulham in our car at about 9 a.m . |
| 14 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 15 | Amazingly , we arrived unscathed in Wenceslas Square and I set off to find the Čedok offices to arrange accommodation . |
| 16 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 17 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 18 | A British supporter thrust a Union Jack into my hand and I set off on my lap of honour , the first British sprinter to win the title in forty years , the first black man ever to win it . |
| 19 | I had a damp cigarette in the shelter of a doorway — but there was nothing to be gained by hanging about here and I set off , squelching at every step , along the road to Shiel Bridge . |
| 20 | Mrs Singh , Balbinder and I set off to visit Cedars School . |
| 21 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 22 | Val and I set off with intentions to watch the jumps , but the Skippers road to the bridge is specifically excluded from motor insurance policies and when we saw it , we understood why ; it 's a dirt track along a precipice . |
| 23 | ‘ That evening my older brother and I set off to go to the pictures only to find they were closed , we did not have a television and the wireless was only playing sombre music , ’ says Mrs Smith , who now lives at Campsie Close , Lambton Village , Washington . |
| 24 | ‘ On March 19 and I set off for Birmingham and a hotel close to the airport . |
| 25 | So — you listen in silence ; and you casework them ; and you set up case-conferences about them ; and you refer them to other agencies ; and you work up your notes on case-handling for the journals . ’ |
| 26 | And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . |
| 27 | Paul was an apprentice electrician at Watneys brewery in Mortlake so he brought some barrels of beer along and we set up a proper bar . |
| 28 | Pat had stressed its appeal in his manuscript so , on a snatched afternoon 's climbing , I met Don Sargeant and we set out to investigate . |
| 29 | We set out to win that Cambridgeshire and we set out to win the two races at Haydock which came before today , ’ he smiled . |
| 30 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |