Example sentences of "[pron] set [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without further ado , I set to work . |
| 2 | She taught me the basics : casting-on , how to knit and pearl , and I set to work . |
| 3 | I set to work with my little bag of magic potions and do you know what I discovered ? ’ |
| 4 | A 1:50,000 flat sheet map of the area was quickly acquired and I set to work scouring the area for my standard size circles , using Gresford All Saints as a perimeter marker . |
| 5 | So I set to work learning Italian intensively , because I continued to feel , and increasingly felt , that anything that could help to keep Italy out of any war that might take place , ought to be done . |
| 6 | I set to work with the pick . |
| 7 | I 'm a crane , I 'm a lorry , I 'm a brand-new motorway I set like concrete and I 'm here to stay |
| 8 | From the foregoing work that Tim Grant and I set in motion I believe that we have gained certain value . |
| 9 | It was inspired by the report of the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of 1910 , which set in motion the new ecumenical movement among the Christian Churches . |
| 10 | Under the terms of my statement to the House of 26 March 1991 , which set in motion the talks that we held , it is open to any party to raise any issues — including constitutional issues — that it considers relevant . |
| 11 | The newly elected Estonian Supreme Soviet on March 30 approved a declaration which set in motion a gradual process of secession from the Soviet Union by rejecting central Soviet authority and announcing the goal of restoring Estonian independence . |
| 12 | Who can be free in this country after the Treason Trials which set behind bars and left to rot … ’ |
| 13 | In the aftermath of the disaster , the rebuilding of London 's churches was entrusted to the brilliant young architect , Christopher Wren , who set to work almost immediately , and over the next few years completely transformed the ecclesiastical architecture of the capital . |
| 14 | When you have a course that works , you do n't sit back and watch the grass grow — you set to work to make it even better . |
| 15 | ‘ You can be confident that the flywheel of change which you set in motion is resolutely turning , ’ said Director Engineering Group . |
| 16 | Immediately after the election , however , the party in government will find it necessary and politically safe to raise unemployment in order to combat the inflation that was itself set in train by the politically engineered pre-election boom . |
| 17 | When a honey bee discovers a flower , for example , she sets in motion a learning sequence which seems utterly mechanical in nature . |
| 18 | At this point Shakespeare brings back the Duke , disguised as a Friar , who sets in motion a complex plot involving several substitutions : of Mariana for Isabella , in Angelo 's bed ; of the head of Ragozine , ‘ a most notorious pirate ’ , for Claudio 's ( IV.iii.69 ) . |
| 19 | We were told that she set to work ‘ editing ’ the crazed philosopher 's work to make it more Nazi , and that Elisabeth had a strong and malign influence on the growth of National Socialism . |
| 20 | At once , she set to work and made such a remarkable copy of a Michelangelo that she was sent , when ten years old , to the Dublin School of Art where she learnt drawing and sculpture . |
| 21 | Now that the party was over , she set to work to remove all traces of it , because she could n't bear the aftermath of revelry . |
| 22 | She took off the wire that held the cork in position and put the bottle beside her , then she set to work . |
| 23 | She set to work on Emily 's shoes , pride insisted that she finish the job she had begun even if she was never paid for it . |
| 24 | He agreed , and she set to work . |
| 25 | She sighed to herself and smiled to herself at Auntie 's mistake ; and then she set to work with Auntie 's sewing-machine . |
| 26 | She set to work with a vengeance , losing herself in the difficult task of making all those fiercely vivid images of him that were swirling around in her head tangible . |
| 27 | Walking back to Rebecca 's cluttered desk , she set to work . |
| 28 | However , he was quite correct in assuming she would not contact the person who had phoned her until she was sure he was well out of the way , so she set to work in sorting out the various tasks to be done . |
| 29 | Hoping Penry Vaughan would n't mind if she borrowed his hairbrush , she set to work . |
| 30 | oh she set to work and she cleared the she had , what did she have ? , meat , er chicken , potatoes , cauliflower , Yorkshire pudding |