Example sentences of "would set [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But ‘ it was evidently all she owned ; it was the home she had brought with her from the Fatherland , and would be the home she would set up on the prairie ’ . |
| 2 | After the neighbours and the dinner and the Queen 's speech , depression would set in from the rich food and the gins and tonics . |
| 3 | In 1954 I was eight and every Saturday morning I would set off to the movies with my first boyfriend , ten year old Skippy . |
| 4 | The enormous park was a source of delight to most visitors — though not all — for sometimes the Empress , an indefatigable walker , would set off with a group of people to tramp through the grounds , occasionally going part of the way in a carriage . |
| 5 | Then it was a half-hour 's drive from our base to Christophe and Hedwige 's house , and from there Mike would set off on an hour 's run with Christophe through the forest , still in darkness , to ensure they reached the chimpanzees ' nest site before the occupants moved off for the day . |
| 6 | They thought then that they would set out as an army and conquer the rest of the land and rule over it ; that was their mission . |
| 7 | Not for the first time did she wonder where and when that waiting British Armada would set out with the purpose of liberating Europe . |
| 8 | Much has been said about what a Labour Government could and could not do , but I am certain that a Labour Government would set out with the best of intentions to improve the situation . |