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 . |