Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] set to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . . |
| 2 | He apologises for the mess and sets to work clearing books and bottles and brochures off the one cracked settee for us to sit on . |
| 3 | Jock Lewes organized a primitive laboratory in a hut and set to experimenting with various mixtures of plastic explosive , thermite , oil and aluminium filings . |
| 4 | After a hasty meal we assembled all hands , distributed torches and rummage equipment and set to with forced enthusiasm , as we knew from experience that often these hot suspect ships had been hammered unmercifully by a succession of rummage crews at every arrival , besides which we were not feeling at our best . |
| 5 | When he found himself in charge of a famous school he seized his opportunity and set to work to instil in the offspring of the ruling classes the personally desirable and politically vital sense of sin . |
| 6 | The person in charge of product development decided to carry out all the modifications simultaneously ( although not forced to by LIFESPAN ) , made a senior programmer the user associated with the DCs and instructed him to activate the DCs on the main package and set to work . |
| 7 | The most famous was composed , according to J. Clare Billing , by four natives of the town and set to the tune of a Scottish dance which was performed by the town waits . |
| 8 | I slipped into the great four-poster bed , whispered a few French endearments I had learnt from a wench and set to with a will . |
| 9 | She fetched her ladder and shears from the garden shed and set to work . |
| 10 | While fitzAlan hefted the grey 's hoof and set to work , she glanced about , absently patting Chalon 's velvety muzzle . |
| 11 | A classic and set to be equally good on the NES . |
| 12 | He became quite carried away as with dexterous strokes he carved a particularly exquisite right breast and set to work on the delicate fluting of the ribs . |
| 13 | Stir in the clam soup and set to one side . |
| 14 | He glanced around , then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock . |
| 15 | They bought a set of plans , hired space at a boat builders ' yard and set to work . |
| 16 | I took my make-up out of my bag , leaned close to the mirror and set to work on my face . |
| 17 | They scrambled down the bank and set to nibbling beside the water . |
| 18 | Sir John grinned his thanks , took his own pewter spoon from his wallet , drew his dagger and set to as if he had n't eaten for days . |
| 19 | She found a spanner and set to work on the bike . |
| 20 | Once it has been changed it will stay at its new value until set to another value . |
| 21 | I get back to my office and set to work with the phone . |
| 22 | She hustled Victorine and Madeleine from the kitchen , then tied on an apron and set to . |
| 23 | Rose , Victorine , Thérèse and Léonie pulled up chairs to the kitchen table and set to . |