Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must have been sick and tired of my harping about gay rights , but by the time I had decided to move to London in order to set up home with the man of my dreams , my workmates organized a leaving party which was a touching celebration of the relationship between Keith and myself . |
| 2 | He hit the roof when the pair left to set up home in a bedsit . |
| 3 | A bird which was once a common sight along Britains riverbanks has been tempted to set up home in a sanctuary . |
| 4 | It is therefore sensible to set out fully in the lease , for the purpose of clarification , the rights to be granted in order to try to avoid subsequent disputes . |
| 5 | ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet . |
| 6 | We set off again along the gravel paths . |
| 7 | The three men set off again in the Sunbeam , touring the stores of Ruislip and Eastcote , making purchases with their newly acquired Barclaycard . |
| 8 | He closed the gate and they set off back down the dirt track towards the cottage . |
| 9 | I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened . |
| 10 | We tried to calm her as we set off back to the hospital . |
| 11 | Tony finished his work and we set off back towards the sea . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm surprised you did n't set up somewhere in a city , ’ she went on , tearing her glance from his face . |
| 13 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 14 | At the time Mr Justice Macpherson said the decision of the Merseyside police authority chairman , Mr George Brundred , and his deputy , Mr Harry Rimmer , leader of Liverpool City Council , to delegate her case to a committee they set up expressly for the purpose ‘ had the smell of unfairness about it ’ . |
| 15 | Parents tried to help their children set up home with the aid of a ‘ marriage portion ’ , but most couples had to rely mainly on their own savings . |
| 16 | Many set up home across the south , beginning lives again from scratch . |
| 17 | It was a cold , bright morning when we set out cheerfully down the river . |
| 18 | It was mid-morning when we set out nervously along the coast road on the first two-wheeled motor I had ridden for 20 years . |
| 19 | Having dealt with the general principles of the UCTA it is now possible to analyse its effect in detail on various contractual relationships using as a framework the definitions and different combinations of the factors set out above in the section devoted to the basic rationale of the UCTA . |
| 20 | In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country . |
| 21 | Instead , the siege mentality towards the accompanying press party , that has wrecked morale on previous tours , notably the 1986 trip to the West Indies , has set in again with a vengeance . |
| 22 | Nutty discussed the problem one night with Biddy after the others had set off back to the factory . |
| 23 | It was getting late when , prompted by the thought of having to start work next morning , she paid her bill and reluctantly set off back to the hotel . |
| 24 | The links are set up temporarily by the DBMS at run time following a user request for this information . |
| 25 | The command verb , LIFESPAN_PMR , should have been set up previously by the System Manager . |
| 26 | A semantic relation may be set up either within a sentence or between sentences with the consequence that , when it crosses a sentence boundary , it has the effect of making the two sentences cohere with one another ( Halliday and Hasan 1976 ) . |
| 27 | A controversial issue was the future ownership of the assets of the PUWP ; a parliamentary commission had been set up shortly before the conference to investigate the extent to which such assets , valued by the party at some US$70,000,000 , should be forfeited as illegally acquired from the state . |
| 28 | The Global Environmental Facility has been set up jointly by the World Bank , and the UN Environment and Development Programmes . |
| 29 | People with learning disabilities who need residential care in Bassetlaw can go to one of four staffed homes which were set up partly by the health authority and are run by the Mencap Homes Foundation . |
| 30 | I have found that employers who are registered with the CITB feel that it is unfair if other companies which have set up just down the road do not appear to be on the board 's records . |