Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 2 | I set off to Khan Market to buy something for my headache , only to find the roads were clogged with white Ambassadors dressed up as Christmas trees . |
| 3 | The first evening we left the children with some of the helpers and my husband , David , and I set out to Mass at the convent . |
| 4 | I set out to be the best athlete Britain has ever known and I 've achieved that . |
| 5 | ‘ I set out to be the best athlete Britain has ever known and I 've achieved that . |
| 6 | ‘ I set out to wilfully parody other music papers like Melody Maker who were so pompous ( plus ça change ! ) so I did things like call our letters section Gasbag after MM 's rather earnest ‘ Mailbag ’ . |
| 7 | And people who set out to be faithful do fall passionately in lust with other people . |
| 8 | But I 've never been one of those guys who set out to be a technical guitarist and I still do n't refer to myself as a technical player . |
| 9 | No woman in her right mind would choose to be a single parent and the tiny minority who set out to be are , in my view , incredibly selfish , unimaginative and cruel . |
| 10 | The imperialist attitude was accommodated in his books all the more easily because he put the emphasis on service and sacrifice rather than on nationalist domination or material gain : an approach that may seem hypocritical to present-day readers was sincere enough in a man who set out to be a philanthropist and reformer and became a best-seller . |
| 11 | The offence could be used against counter-demonstrators who set out to ‘ smash ’ their opponents or to stop them from expressing the point of view that they set out to express . |
| 12 | He placed his arm round my waist , which gave me a pleasurable feeling I 'd never experienced , and then we set off to the picture house . |
| 13 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 14 | ‘ Certainly no one sets out to be patronising . |
| 15 | ‘ Certainly no one sets out to be patronising . |
| 16 | We set up to be able to look at the refurbishment of our homes . |
| 17 | What time did they set off to Rotherham ? |
| 18 | Dick Hobbs ( 1988 ) lived with thieves and detectives as they set out to ‘ do the business ’ , and perhaps one of the most effective pieces of participant observation in recent times has been the four-volume Policy Studies Institute work on the police in London ( 1983 ) . |
| 19 | Whatever the outcome , the tendency to rationalize , ie for people to claim that they did achieve what they set out to , is high . |
| 20 | Microlights have at last achieved what they set out to be : a largely reliable and relatively cheap way to fly . |
| 21 | From there they set off to the landing ground which was Fraser 's target . |
| 22 | On 20th September they set off to Pooley Bridge , referred to as ‘ Pawley ’ Bridge , drawing Brother 's Water and ‘ Ulles Water ’ on the way — ‘ slept at Mardale after drawing Ulles and Hawes . ’ |
| 23 | After lunch they set off to Kingsburgh for one of their most memorable encounters . |
| 24 | IT SETS out to be a film depicting immense human courage amid the horrific squalor of life in Calcutta 's slums . |
| 25 | He needs this , particularly if he sets out to be a novelist . |
| 26 | If a professional binder is employed , make very sure that he is what he sets out to be and has all the qualities of sensitive craftsmanship the work demands . |
| 27 | He set out to be amusing ; he had a fund of anecdotes , some about people Eloise knew well . |
| 28 | Thank you for the silk , glad you were able to wrest it from the Governor before he set off to Lepcis Magna with it . |
| 29 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |