Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] set to " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one was hurt and engineers immediately set to work making temporary repairs to the hull . |
| 2 | As the ruminants then set to work they eat down to the lower , leafier parts of the vegetation . |
| 3 | Daniel Hersheson then set to work on Pamela 's hair , cutting it into a more tailored and modern style . |
| 4 | It was with his father Paul 's encouragement that Pascal eventually set to work on the project , which has been ‘ something of a labour of love over the last few years ’ . |
| 5 | With the necessary minimum of technical instruction on camera and sound work the group then set to work to produce their own video film . |
| 6 | Stimulated and excited by Haydn 's example , Mozart immediately set to work on a similar set , K.168–73 , in which denser textures , use of contrapuntal devices , and a more rigorous approach , as opposed to the sensuous , Italianate tunefulness of the earlier set , all point to Haydn 's influence . |
| 7 | The plumber then set to work encasing the ‘ mummy ’ in its close-fitting anthropoid shell after which the carpenter 's men put it into its outer wooden case , upholstered in rich blue velvet . |
| 8 | His delegates in France immediately set to work to nominate these regional administrators . |
| 9 | The sighting of Mary Magdalene is affirmed by Peter and John discovering the Empty Tomb , the burial cloths neatly set to one side . |