Example sentences of "[coord] set to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it were pigeon droppings then it would be a moot point as to whether merely to murmur condolences and hurry on or to set to work with a clean handkerchief . |
| 2 | She found a spanner and set to work on the bike . |
| 3 | Caroline was delighted and set to work transforming her straight , shoulder-length hair into a glamorous new look . |
| 4 | After producing the Crowther Report , the Central Advisory Council was reconstituted under the chairmanship of John Newsom and set to work . |
| 5 | I took my make-up out of my bag , leaned close to the mirror and set to work on my face . |
| 6 | This was very well attended and a committee , with himself as chairman ( a post he held for the next thirty-six years ) , was elected and set to work . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Tom had meanwhile dug up his turnips , and set to work hedging , digging ditches and helping out with the other farms , when the extra labour was needed . |
| 9 | She fetched her ladder and shears from the garden shed and set to work . |
| 10 | Young men of all races , mostly Hispanic , had piled out , and set to work . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The best coaches will recognise this and set to work . |
| 13 | They were the Ostarbeiters , intelligent and educated , and set to work as labourers , made to wear a badge . |
| 14 | He glanced around , then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock . |
| 15 | Murdock had found these ideas rather attractive and set to work to build a locomotive model . |
| 16 | When they had done her back , they turned her over and set to work on her front . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As soon as he was satisfied that all was well , he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass . |
| 19 | Minton took him upstairs to his studio , where his portrait of Nevile Wallis was in progress , and set to work on a small canvas . |
| 20 | From that moment , I felt I was accepted , and set to work to learn as much as I could , and make as many friends as possible . |
| 21 | Just marched in and set to work . |
| 22 | She sat down and set to work on the files . |
| 23 | He was very quick to observe anything abnormal and set to work to get some explanation … |
| 24 | With no waste of time all the equipment was installed and set to work . |
| 25 | Chastened , they donned their protective aprons , and set to work in silence . |
| 26 | While fitzAlan hefted the grey 's hoof and set to work , she glanced about , absently patting Chalon 's velvety muzzle . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I get back to my office and set to work with the phone . |
| 29 | They bought a set of plans , hired space at a boat builders ' yard and set to work . |
| 30 | His songs were mangled and set to German and English verse , for instance in Heinrich Albert 's Arien where the four-part version of ‘ Du plus doux de ses traits ’ appeared with continuo in 1643 as ‘ Unser Heil ist kommen ’ and in Edward Filmer 's French Court-Aires with their Ditties ( London , 1629 ) . |