Example sentences of "[pers pn] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 2 | Two years since I set up the glass and started to make marks on it . |
| 3 | Without further ado , I set to work . |
| 4 | In my early career , I set out to meet the demands of my peers and fulfil the necessary qualifications for assessment as a ‘ real polis ’ ; although there were few opportunities to flirt with any real forms of marginality ! |
| 5 | I set out to clarify my own circumstances vis-à-vis employment rights . |
| 6 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 7 | She taught me the basics : casting-on , how to knit and pearl , and I set to work . |
| 8 | ‘ See you later , Boyo , ’ he shouted after me as I set off , rifle over my shoulder , through the trees in the direction of Brigade H.Q |
| 9 | The farmer 's wife has kindly pressed my kilt and I set off into town with a small group of Commandos , all of us determined to enjoy ourselves , and , of course , to sort out the local French girls . |
| 10 | To cope with this , I set up separate clients ' accounts with the bank with some funding from the band 's accountants . |
| 11 | In my early years , I set out to find a roster of acts who I would represent . |
| 12 | As soon as I set foot in there , I knew that I had to be involved somehow . |
| 13 | Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal . |
| 14 | If I set out to teach , rather than entertain , I would achieve neither . |
| 15 | ‘ I set traps , as the Psalmist says , I catch men . ’ |
| 16 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 17 | Fiona and I set off from Fulham in our car at about 9 a.m . |
| 18 | At the Conservative Party Conference two weeks later I set out both the Government 's position and my own feelings . |
| 19 | On 9 November 1984 I set out for consultation a list of branded drugs which would no longer be prescribed under the health service . |
| 20 | I still have a note of the objectives for the review I set out at Wilton Park : |
| 21 | Before I set out , I took Aunt Louise her usual breakfast cup full of hot tea . |
| 22 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 23 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 24 | I set the plants in shallow hollows to facilitate watering . |
| 25 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 26 | In Chapter Four I set Out some of the reasons why conferences and other big events are held . |
| 27 | In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well . |
| 28 | This time with a light plastic bag containing nothing more than a sketchpad and a book ( Sleeman 's Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official ) I set out to have a look at Roscommon Town . |
| 29 | After a second teatime breakfast in a café , I set off without delay for Kenny 's Bookshop . |
| 30 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |