Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 2 | Would a possible solution be for the son F to set up as a sole trader and eventually move to separate premises with perhaps other family members becoming partners of this business ? |
| 3 | A final technical point on audio versus video recording : it takes no longer to set up for a simple video recording than it does to position a microphone for an audio recording . |
| 4 | Ryedale councillors , who recently decided to set up of a customer-care department , have called for a report . |
| 5 | He had a potter about and a chat and decided to set up in the far corner to our left . |
| 6 | ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick . |
| 7 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 8 | It had been so vivid it seemed real , yet had she really been idiot enough to set out on a rough sea in a mere dinghy ? |
| 9 | On a number of occasions , I have been glad to set out for the hon. Member in response to his questions in the House detailed information about the contents of the computer records and how many are held on the system at any one time . |
| 10 | They had been about to set out for the main bridge when he had said : |
| 11 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 12 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |
| 13 | Is erm , set down as a related document form there or ? |
| 14 | These are arrived at using criteria set down by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers of Local Authorities . |
| 15 | After the neighbours and the dinner and the Queen 's speech , depression would set in from the rich food and the gins and tonics . |
| 16 | The two men set off down a narrow path which traversed the slope diagonally . |
| 17 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 18 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 19 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 20 | He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were . |
| 21 | They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat . |
| 22 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 23 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 24 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 25 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Accompanied by Major Clive Elderton , the Company Commander , and the interpreter , they set off for the local slaughterhouse some ten kilometres away . |
| 28 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 29 | Early on an August Saturday morning they set off at a great pace on the west side of the reservoir with the intention of following the ten mile bridleway right round the reservoir to a pub , where they planned to arrive two hours after opening time . |
| 30 | Set off at a good pace with the longest stride that is comfortable , letting your arms swing naturally in opposition to your feet . |