Example sentences of "and set [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patients had all been washed and set up in their chairs and most of them seemed to be almost asleep . |
| 2 | This is then shared among schools on the basis of a formula developed by each LEA and set out in its scheme of delegation . |
| 3 | The policies of the Liberal Democrats who sit as councillors on the Oxford City and County Councils are well known and set out in our elections leaflets . |
| 4 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 5 | So they made their bold little crosses in the register and set off on their adventure . |
| 6 | She went to the stone sink , scrubbed her hands under the single cold tap and set off on her perambulations again , slowly circling the big pine table , moving in and out of the gibbous pool of light shed by the candles . |
| 7 | After a little more gossip , we said goodbye to the friendly Clays , and set off on our tour of the countryside . |
| 8 | At Chicago airport , I filled in a ‘ missing baggage ’ form and set off to my hotel , minus socks , tights , knickers and shoes , except for the ones I was wearing . |
| 9 | He subsequently decided to do penance for the deed , and set off to his foundation at Agaune . |
| 10 | He jumped in and set off for his rendezvous with Volkov 's wife . |
| 11 | She took his arm , and they turned their backs upon the wreckage , and set off towards their home . |