Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] a [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 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | Is erm , set down as a related document form there or ? |
| 8 | The two men set off down a narrow path which traversed the slope diagonally . |
| 9 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Set off at a good pace with the longest stride that is comfortable , letting your arms swing naturally in opposition to your feet . |
| 12 | Set off at a good pace , with the longest stride that is comfortable , your arms swinging naturally in opposition to your legs . |
| 13 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |
| 14 | Heads down , they set off at a fast trot which lasted until Loretta twisted her ankle . |
| 15 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 16 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 17 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 18 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 19 | First he dispossessed Hendrie in full flight and then set off on a spectacular 50-yard solo run down the right . |
| 20 | Instead of enduring the summer 's baking heat , they set off on a long journey up into the Australian Alps . |
| 21 | In Siam , Thomson teamed up with a journalist called Kennedy , and , together with a large entourage , they set off on a perilous journey to Cambodia . |
| 22 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 23 | The gang told the woman they were heading towards Widnes , and they then set off in a blue car . |
| 24 | Men set off in a local bus commandeered to take them to the factories on the edge of the town . |
| 25 | Finely-chiselled features with high cheekbones and a generous mouth , all set off by a cascading mass of beautiful golden hair . |
| 26 | I think one of the things the American companies often do is that , rather than set up on a green field site , they often buy into an existing company , erm , and therefore it 's , it 's , it 's a , it 's a somewhat different form of investment to the |
| 27 | The reason for this difference is very much because of its funding : set up as a developmental project it needed to test the market for its services without putting too many financial obstacles in the way of the users of the services . |
| 28 | Without resources , unable to earn a living , at the mercy of at least two Federal agencies determined to silence him by one means or another , and now set up as a government-approved target for any stray kook or fanatic , Coleman had to find a more defensible position . |
| 29 | Set up under a special government programme in 1989 with funding for three years , it has done so well it is to carry on in a slimmed down form under a new name Tees Valley Conference and Visitor Bureau under the control of the Northumbria Tourist Board . |
| 30 | As far as I know , there are only two still in existence : one , the U.505 , was captured by an American task force towards the end of the war , towed up the St Lawrence and through the Great Lakes to Chicago where a special cradle was built for it to cross the Lake Shore Drive and then set up in a little house of its own in the Museum of Science and Industry . |