Example sentences of "set [adv prt] at a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 When he reached the gates , pushing through the children , he looked both ways along the main road , then set off at a trot in the general direction of the Stones ' household , several miles away .
2 Set up at a cost of half a million pounds contributed by CLD and the consortium , this is seen as a long-term project to introduce CLD staff , clients and other interested parties to open systems .
3 During this first period ( up to 1750 ) of relatively slow and uneven growth , trusts were set up at a rate of only eight a year and were concentrated largely around London , radiating especially to the north and west and into the Midlands .
4 This year his television career set off at a run with Aah Sean , a one hour documentary which offered a cock-eyed perspective on his Dublin youth .
5 The boy dropped the halter he was holding and set off at a run through the gateway and towards the big house .
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