Example sentences of "[adj] and set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our first winner was Debbie Moseley and when Debbie told the guys at Feature You she would like to do modelling but thought she was n't good enough , they decided to prove her wrong and set to work on a dramatic transformation . |
| 2 | One evening in May 1979 they eagerly clambered in after warming up with several glasses of favourite tipple , turned the thermostat up high and set to . |
| 3 | He was a devoted and loyal colleague who was too old and set in his ways when he became Professor to introduce major developments , but signs of change were seen , coming to fruition in his successor 's reign . |
| 4 | The house was rosy and set into the hill . |
| 5 | Caroline was delighted and set to work transforming her straight , shoulder-length hair into a glamorous new look . |
| 6 | With goals that are complex , conflicting , vague and set at least partially by external agencies , the planning process is much more of a political act than in private corporations ( e.g. Grieve Smith 1981 ; Smith Ring and Perry 1985 ) . |
| 7 | He was very quick to observe anything abnormal and set to work to get some explanation … |
| 8 | They creaked awake and set to rousing the fire and cooking breakfast , the Hearthwares cursing the chill weight of their armour , hopping up and down to get the blood moving through their limbs . |
| 9 | That picture ‘ turned life a little under his very eye … all , through Frances ‘ s eyes , could be made static and beautiful and set in a pattern ’ . |
| 10 | His hands gripped the arms of his chair , levering himself upwards , his face grim and set with determination . |
| 11 | Suzanne , who left school in July , is clinging to life in the burns unit at Withington Hospital after being stripped , beaten and set on fire by captors who also shaved her head . |
| 12 | Murdock had found these ideas rather attractive and set to work to build a locomotive model . |