Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] set to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She immediately set to and tried to establish some order . |
| 2 | No one immediately set to in order to work out how a well-publicized national response in terms of content and expectation of achievement would actually turn out at each key stage . |
| 3 | But Sally and Peter are nothing if not resourceful , and with the aid of some good friends in the building and design world they soon set to work to transform this town house into a haven of beauty and calm . |
| 4 | He soon set to work making drawings of the tiny fellow , and of the cradle . |
| 5 | When Thompson joined Goldsmiths ' twenty years ago as head of painting , succeeding Andrew Forge , he immediately set to work amalgamating the painting and sculpture departments into a homogenous fine art course , believing that the old craft distinctions between the media were philosophically untenable . |
| 6 | These he occasionally set to music himself , and he frequently sang them in his rich bass voice for his friends ' ( and perhaps the public 's ) pleasure … |