Example sentences of "sets [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are a lovey-dovey couple , much given , for reasons that remain obscure , to roguishly gagging each other with bits of masking tape , but tension sets in with the arrival of Clara 's best friend Lillibet from America . |
| 2 | of course , if the vacancy requirements fluctuate as well , as is the case with contractors , a kind of see-saw effect sets in with the recruitment team oscillating between periods of intense activity and chaos on the one hand , and having nothing to do on the other hand . |
| 3 | He rolls up his sleeves and sets in on the dishes that I have eaten from over the course of the day . |
| 4 | Camus sets off into the night . |
| 5 | Thus each evening Silene bathes her white body in the ocean , then sets off across the skies to caress her sleeping lover . |
| 6 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 7 | One person sets off across the pool facing away from the children and says ‘ What 's the time Mr Shark ’ ? |
| 8 | He gets up early in the morning , saddles his ass , cuts the wood for the sacrifice , and taking two young servants and Isaac with him , he sets off for the place of which God has told him . |
| 9 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |
| 10 | He sets off after the brothers , succeeds in imitating Haimet , and relieves Barat of his burden . |
| 11 | A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels . |
| 12 | Waving his cheque book for $10 000 ( ready to Day to anyone who can produce convincing psychic phenomena ) he sets out on the exposure trail . |
| 13 | LET'S GO surfing now — John Milius ’ most successful movie sets out on the ocean wave of West Coast surfing culture following the metamorphosis of three macho beach bums during the '60s decade of lost innocence , alcoholism , the draft and the mythic rites played out on the ocean wave . |
| 14 | Katie sets out on the trail of the kidnappers and her song for Ben becomes the means to save his life . |
| 15 | IF EAST GERMANY finally sets out on the path to reform without further bloodshed and repression , it will be largely thanks to the efforts of the Protestant church . |
| 16 | Besides , I do n't think anyone sets out with the intention of hurting people . |
| 17 | Sir , I 'd like to bring your attention to erm a plan prepared by Partnership which is submitted as part of their evidence , which erm sets out for the south and southwest the er coalescence of existing settlements . |
| 18 | A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first . |
| 19 | The last sentence , however , sets out from the presumption that the testator 's intention is clear , but might be defeated because he has used inadequate words . |
| 20 | The text sets out from the premiss that the beneficiary of the trust ought to obtain the actual land ( rather than its value ) ; the question therefore is who ought to pay off the creditor to whom the land is presently pledged . |
| 21 | She sets out before the sun , driving a team of horses which pull her soft blue chariot up from the depths of the ocean , and shows her brother the way to rise . |