Example sentences of "we set [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We attach great importance to the work of the Broadcasting Standards Council , which we set up under the 1990 Act . |
| 2 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 3 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 8 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 9 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 10 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 11 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 12 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 13 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | Two of us set off up the long path from Aberarder at the mind-bogglingly stupid time of 11.30 a.m . |