Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Habsburg territories Joseph I set up in 1709 a new permanent committee of nine officials to control foreign affairs . |
| 2 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 3 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 4 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 5 | I set off in pursuit . |
| 6 | Often now when I set off in a fairly posh car and switch on the radio and heater , I think back to those wartime battles to get my little fishing box onto the crowded trams and my long walks from Brigg railway station to catch bream at Cadney Bridge . |
| 7 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 8 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 9 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |
| 10 | Six days afterwards I set out in direct disobedience of orders to rejoin my regiment . |
| 11 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 12 | The hon. and learned Gentleman will know that I recently had the privilege of giving the Sir George Bean memorial lecture in which I set out in some detail to the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women the basis for my approach to such matters . |
| 13 | I set out in May 1985 to write a feature for the Financial Times about this man apparently rich enough with his two brothers to pay £615m in cash for the House of Fraser . |
| 14 | It is these experiences which have prompted me to set down in this book some of the lessons I have learnt over the years . |
| 15 | The fact that Ian and I arrived first gives us priority , and it was extremely foolish of you to set up in opposition . |
| 16 | This section describes how to tell the LIFESPAN Process about the storage directory you set up in Section 2.3 , LIFESPAN Storage Directories . |
| 17 | As far as being listening to you talking today earlier on it seems to you set up in your minds a win lose situation , I 'll show that . |
| 18 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 19 | And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . |
| 20 | ‘ There 's no doubt about her getting the distance , but in this top grade it 's essential she sets off in front . ‘ |
| 21 | In 1978 she moved into editing and after editing professional magazines and papers in the mining and mineral field she set up in 1989 her own business Editorial Services and now works freelance from home . |
| 22 | With panic inside her she set off in Will 's footsteps towards the town , sobbing . |
| 23 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 24 | Recalling last night 's guided tour , she set off in search of his office . |
| 25 | The last the family ever saw of Inez was when she set off in her little red Mini Sunday morning with twenty quid in her purse and her passport . ’ |
| 26 | Without hesitation , she set off in pursuit , unable to think beyond the fact that he would be lost , not even considering that if she was dismissed he was no longer her responsibility . |
| 27 | Once again we set out in the pre-dawn walk through the forest , the amble across the alpine pastures , and the short struggle up the screes to the foot of the wall . |
| 28 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 29 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |
| 30 | Although Johnson twice found the hillocky little town lacking — ‘ At night we came to Bamff [ sic ] , where I remember nothing that particularly claimed my attention ’ ; and ‘ Finding nothing to detain us at Bamff , we set out in the morning ’ — he yet managed to write a short exercise in observation of Scottish small borough architecture . |