Example sentences of "set about [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Baglin emerged for the second set looking more determined , and quickly set about re-establishing himself in the match .
2 He bought the old Cherton Manor about a year ago and has set about turning himself into the local squire . ’
3 ‘ Stupid , crazy female , ’ was all he said as he set about bandaging it with the meagre contents of the first-aid box .
4 But after Habitat set about educating them to the advantages of the idea , the Americans adopted it with tremendous enthusiasm .
5 In Parliament , he was one of the young Conservative MPs who welcomed , from a position of strength as they thought , the accession of Labour into British political life , and set about educating it in the arts of responsible participation in the polity .
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