Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was time for News on Sunday to set off on the trail of the people and organizations who had theorized about the prospects for a popular left-wing newspaper for so long . |
| 2 | ‘ Guv'nor says you 're to set off on the side nearest him , ’ Bob said briefly . |
| 3 | The Vimy was constructed on February 13 , it was No 13 of the batch , the Vickers crew numbered 13 , the Vimy reached Newfoundland on May 26 ( twice 13 ) , Jack arrived in Newfoundland on May 13 , and because 13 was lucky to him Jack wanted to set off on the attempt on June 13 . |
| 4 | It was that if I wanted to set up in the business of manufacturing coffins , he would have no objections . |
| 5 | Garrett 's decision to set up in the business of metal detector manufacture was a brave one for there were in his immediate locale several rival ‘ cottage industries ’ vying to capture a share of the young and burgeoning market . |
| 6 | According to the ADC , in the cases quoted by councils the properties by and large fulfilled all the principal criteria set down by the Government for a property suitable for occupation by older people , ie that it was let to persons over pensionable age ; access was relatively easy ; the accommodation was on level ground ; the dwelling had no more than two bedrooms ; the heating arrangements were adequate ; the property was reasonably conveniently located . |
| 7 | Looking anxiously behind them , the children set off down the street with the nanny . |
| 8 | ‘ All right , Belinda , I 'll drive you , ’ said David and they all set off across the grass to the dodgem stand . |
| 9 | Set off along the road in cloud but the sun soon broke through . |
| 10 | They set off along the coast of Venezuela and Colombia , south to Panama , past Costa Rica and Nicaragua , until finally they reached Honduras , their intended destination . |
| 11 | When Simon the Trapper parted from him on the great north ride the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist , dragged up his gown a score of inches to free the movement of his lower legs , re-tied his girdle tightly , wiped his hands on the none too clean garment and taking hold of his staff set off up the highway in pursuit of his sack , of Marian , and of the verderers . |
| 12 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 13 | The court heard her ordeal began when she and the children set off with the salesman on what they thought would be a family shopping trip . |
| 14 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 15 | 156 cars set off on the rally on Sunday . |
| 16 | I went home to the cottage , had an early supper , then set off on the walk to the post office . |
| 17 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 18 | Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms . |
| 19 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 20 | They set off from the village of Arghuri on the morning of June 20th , in the year of Our Lord 1840 , accompanied only by their Kurdish guide . |
| 21 | The Pakistani authorities banned the proposed protest on Feb. 6 , and on Feb. 7 deployed 40,000 security personnel along the border and blockaded roads in and out of the Azad Kashmir capital of Muzaffarabad ; nevertheless , 7,000 JKLF supporters set off from the city on Feb. 11 . |
| 22 | Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 . |
| 23 | The schoolboy team will set off at the end of the month . |
| 24 | The two rafts will set off down the river at ten o'clock , each holding eight plus a guide . |
| 25 | Set up with the expertise of committed , professional staff , the Democrat 's weekly sales of over 9,000 makes it one of the fastest growing weekly papers in the British Isles . |
| 26 | Partners in the EuroEDI and Concorde consortia — set up with the purpose of interconnecting disparate Electronic Data Interchange systems — have successfully demonstrated the results of their projects . |
| 27 | Difficulties of accountability have also been created by what are called ‘ regulatory agencies ’ , that is , agencies set up outside the core of government to regulate various aspects of economic and social activity . |
| 28 | They set up at the foot of the first escalator . |
| 29 | Ahead of the opening of a new Supreme Soviet session on Sept. 10 a working group of ministers and experts set up at the end of August had been attempting to synthesise two sets of proposals [ see p. 37663 ] . |
| 30 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |