Example sentences of "set about [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Briefed comprehensively by my fastidious fiancee on ironing strategy — ‘ Never start from the front/make sure you give the cuffs a decent jet of steam … not like that , you chump ! ’ — I set about a pile of shirts , mainly cotton but one silk , and a range of trousers . |
| 2 | set about a campaign to try and persuade the Croydon voters to get the termination of the lease reversed . |
| 3 | In the Corridor and those areas ceded to Poland before the plebiscite , the Poles set about a land reform and began expropriation procedures , to dispossess German farmers of land and homes . |
| 4 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 5 | The tanks are directly connected to one another by a balance rope attached to the centre of each tank and passing over pulleys set about the centre of each plane . |
| 6 | This work behind them , Peach and Horne then set about the description of the North:West Highlands . |
| 7 | You will be able to tackle and succeed in almost anything provided you set about the problem in the right way . |
| 8 | The Sheriff , Mr. Truelock , was called and with two of the men set about the work of destruction . |
| 9 | While some made their way to the more traditional setting of the cafe by choice , two of them in denim overalls and safety boots set about the polishing , cleaning and oiling of duty loco , Maid Marian . |
| 10 | Having planted avenues and pleasure grounds around the house , he then set about the building of farms and the planting of woods . |
| 11 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , Britain 's early filmmakers set about the business of film production with some brio and not a little flair . |
| 13 | If the year of our folly 1990 had started inauspiciously for me , then the Fates , Lady Luck , Lord Chance , God , Life , Evolution — whoever or whatever — immediately thereafter set about the business of proving that the entangled disasters distinguishing the year 's first few days were but a mild and modest prelude to the more thorough-going catastrophes planned for the weeks and months ahead … and this with a rapidity and even an apparent relish which was impressive — if also bowel-looseningly terrifying — to behold . |
| 14 | Accordingly , they set about the task of reforming the religious and cultural life of the English localities with a vengeance . |
| 15 | Retreating from press and other media distractions , they set about the search for the single . |