Example sentences of "he set [adv prt] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year in Florence and the poetry of Dante have inspired him to set out to understand the influences in his life and work . |
| 2 | He had discovered a method of intercepting springs , and , using stone to seal his drains , he and others like him set about spreading the gospel of effective underdrainage . |
| 3 | Before the table Edward Hussey stood hunched in defensive composure , very plainly dressed — had he set out to demonstrate the modesty of his means ? — and with his countenance fixed in an expression of resigned and dutiful benevolence . |
| 4 | Poirot 's ‘ little grey cells ’ start to work overtime , and with Hastings in tow he sets out to unmask the peril at ‘ End House ’ . |
| 5 | When Eligius became bishop of Noyon in 641 he set out to find the bones of the martyr Quentin . |
| 6 | With John Hanning Speke he set out to discover the source of the Nile . |
| 7 | He set out to launch a North American colony to which Catholics could retreat to avoid the discrimination that seemed to have become unalterably established in England and in New England . |
| 8 | He hardly even noticed the complaints of the people that he shouldered aside , or from the cars that were forced to stop as he set out to cross the street . |
| 9 | More important , he set about gathering the Wordsworths into the Quantock fold , hastening a visit which must in any case have been intended for the near future . |
| 10 | John Welsby was appointed as the first Director , Provincial , and he set about evaluating the sources of the sector 's costs . |
| 11 | Wasting neither time nor mercy he set about dispersing the riding families . |
| 12 | After many disputes involving privileges and revenues of the See , he set about repairing the buildings in the diocese . |
| 13 | He set about using the time to run a complete check on his detection and recording equipment . |
| 14 | I asked Rooney how he set about completing a picture . |
| 15 | With a trembling hand he set about dialling the telephone number . |
| 16 | By August , Crawford was well established in Dunedin , having found board in the seaside suburb of St Clair , and he set about grooming a training squad from which the Otago team for the coming season would be selected . |
| 17 | Their personal contact goes back to June 1991 , when Yeltsin , newly elected Russian president but under threat from the Soviet army and KGB , was seeking the support of reliable elements as he set about forming a government . |
| 18 | To Escoffier the disadvantage of the bottled purée was that it could only be used for sauces , so he set about evolving a method which would ensure a supply of crushed tomatoes — by which he meant tomates concassées — for any dish which required them whenever the fresh fruit was unobtainable . |
| 19 | I asked Blamey how he set about painting a portrait . |
| 20 | With the same energy which had prompted him in his surveying , he set about recording the topography of the Lake District , from early morning till dusk . |
| 21 | He set about reshaping the Canterbury community with great vigour and clarity of aim . |
| 22 | Most importantly , he set about resolving the problem of transporting his troops to the mainland . |
| 23 | Producing a screw driver , he set about updating the display units by inserting new designs and removing discontinued items . |
| 24 | No sooner was he back amongst his own patients than he set about exchanging the dressings applied by Dr McNab , even though they were in most cases identical to his own . |
| 25 | Expressing a desire to see the world first , he set off to spend a year teaching elementary mathematics in Kenya . |