Example sentences of "we set [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 2 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |
| 3 | Once again we set out in the pre-dawn walk through the forest , the amble across the alpine pastures , and the short struggle up the screes to the foot of the wall . |
| 4 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 5 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 6 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 7 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 8 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 9 | Two of us set off up the long path from Aberarder at the mind-bogglingly stupid time of 11.30 a.m . |