Example sentences of "they set [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Most managers want to take commission on any deals they set up for the artist . |
2 | They set up at the foot of the first escalator . |
3 | In addition to jobs , the measurable benefits of economic TNPs include the exports due to foreign firms , and the backward linkages that they set up in the host economy , that is the locally produced goods and services they purchase , either from existing firms or from firms established primarily to supply the TNCs . |
4 | The sky was gun-metal but the deluge had not come when they set out for a cafe . |
5 | But they set out for the Town Hall none the less . |
6 | They set out for the club toward the end of the afternoon . |
7 | Later that day , approximately 3,000 students gathered at ‘ Tianda ’ , Tianjin University from where they set out for the city centre shouting the familiar slogans of the movement . |
8 | And having made their decision they set out with a will to forge a network of rough roads through this wilderness that would link the stockades of wire . |
9 | They set out towards the west , taking their direction from the sun , but the density of thorn thickets constantly drove them from their line . |
10 | They set out up the hillside , going slowly , picking their way from one bush and tussock to another and pausing continually to sniff and stare along the great expanse of grass , which stretched on either side as far as they could see . |
11 | They set off across a water meadow rich with buttercups and decorated with Friesian cows , like a television advertisement for some environmentally dubious product : petrol or fast cars . |
12 | Many do so , and with their aeronautical skills improving visibly with every wingbeat , they set off across the sea , climbing steadily . |
13 | They set off across the square and as they were passing Florian 's , Julia said : |
14 | But at least they had the car and , forcing one of the Germans to drive , they set off along the coast road towards Mersa Brega . |
15 | They set off along the coast of Venezuela and Colombia , south to Panama , past Costa Rica and Nicaragua , until finally they reached Honduras , their intended destination . |
16 | A few chapters of Music , Mind , and Brain are stimulating and produce the right sort of sparks ; but others jar either because they are couched in long-winded jargon , or because they set off with a title and intent , which lead one to expect something new in the way of results , but then degenerate into vague speculations . |
17 | Then they set off over the fields for the nearest village , two miles away . |
18 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied , but she was grateful to him that he did not hurry her but allowed her to look her fill before they set off through a pathway of more trees and green parkland . |
19 | Then they set off at a run , Jim and Louise leading the way , Jube pounding along behind them . |
20 | Without the dehumidifier the crew would often be cold and wet even before they set off on a mission . |
21 | A young attendant in a blue uniform respectfully opened the door , and as soon as Luce had been settled into the grey suede luxury of the front passenger-seat they set off for the mainland . |
22 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
23 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
24 | Side by side , a matching pair , both in their best clothes , they set off for the police station on Royal Hill . |
25 | Taking his towelling bath robe out of his suitcase and one of the rugs from the back of the car , they set off towards the cliff . |
26 | After hearing pro-Yeltsin and anti-Gorbachev speeches they set off towards the Kremlin down Tverskaya ( formerly Gorky Street ) , Moscow 's main thoroughfare . |
27 | Before they set off up the beach , both bared white teeth in sudden , violent smiles . |
28 | From there they set off to the landing ground which was Fraser 's target . |
29 | Stringing themselves out in a ragged line , a scout-masterish type at the head , they set off down the valley . |
30 | They set off down the lane , Elizabeth , Jonna and Jonadab going ahead on three heavy horses and the men and dogs following , slipping and skidding on the hard-packed snow trodden down by the shires . |