Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [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 These principles expand upon the basic standards set down in the rules of Conduct and indicate the standards which members should seek to achieve in the interests of good practice .
8 Even by the standards of ships that could set down upon the surfaces of worlds , the Tormentum Malorum was singularly sleek and streamlined for rapid departure or arrival through atmosphere .
9 Looking anxiously behind them , the children set off down the street with the nanny .
10 ‘ All right , Belinda , I 'll drive you , ’ said David and they all set off across the grass to the dodgem stand .
11 Then they set off over the fields for the nearest village , two miles away .
12 Set off along the road in cloud but the sun soon broke through .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 156 cars set off on the rally on Sunday .
19 I went home to the cottage , had an early supper , then set off on the walk to the post office .
20 After hearing pro-Yeltsin and anti-Gorbachev speeches they set off towards the Kremlin down Tverskaya ( formerly Gorky Street ) , Moscow 's main thoroughfare .
21 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 .
22 Bridget murmured as they set off in the direction of Geoffrey 's rooms .
23 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 .
24 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 In 1954 I was eight and every Saturday morning I would set off to the movies with my first boyfriend , ten year old Skippy .
28 The schoolboy team will set off at the end of the month .
29 The two rafts will set off down the river at ten o'clock , each holding eight plus a guide .
30 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 .
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