Example sentences of "set about [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This helped my Group when we set about persuading the teaching profession , represented mainly by the National Association of Teachers of English , to accept our recommendations . |
| 2 | There was a large fireplace in the dining-room and she now set about wedging the cage up the chimney and out of sight . |
| 3 | S I set about answering the query for myself . |
| 4 | Richard Clutterbuck , who was an official of the Bristol Customs House , built the beautiful Vanbrughian mansion in the early 1730s and soon afterwards set about glamorizing the garden and grounds . |
| 5 | We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself . |