Example sentences of "we set " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4.00pm — We set off again ; this time via Tony 's home to collect a variety of possessions , finally arriving at hospital no.3 . |
| 2 | ‘ We set ourselves the 30,000 target for our 21st birthday — March 1992 , ’ John said . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ We set design goals to make a 400Gflop machine . |
| 5 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 6 | We set off in file moving along a narrow gauge railway in pitch darkness I was trying desperately to keep in contact with the Frenchman in front of me and cursing him when he stopped suddenly , causing me to bang my face on his rucksack . |
| 7 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 8 | It was mid-morning when we set out nervously along the coast road on the first two-wheeled motor I had ridden for 20 years . |
| 9 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 10 | Civilization had to be more than a mere confluence of economic interests : ‘ And until we set in order our own crazy economic and financial systems , to say nothing of our philosophy of life , can we be sure that our helping hands to the barbarian and the savage will be any more desirable than the embrace of the leper ? ’ |
| 11 | Armed with wooden swords , cardboard breast plates , and now shields , we set off with renewed enthusiasm . |
| 12 | When the novelty of criticism began to wear off we set up rival fringe performances . |
| 13 | Paul was an apprentice electrician at Watneys brewery in Mortlake so he brought some barrels of beer along and we set up a proper bar . |
| 14 | Every year after I became chairman of British Steel we set aside one board meeting at which the objectives of the organisation were raised . |
| 15 | Tony finished his work and we set off back towards the sea . |
| 16 | We set it by comparing it with some reference time . |
| 17 | Only , as Lewis tells us in Surprised by Joy , ‘ when we set out I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God , and when we reached the zoo I did . ’ |
| 18 | I remember we set about putting together a cabaret show . |
| 19 | ‘ We set out to pay the last mournful duties through a road almost impassable with snow which continued to fall with a boisterous wind which blew it into immense drifts . |
| 20 | ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on . |
| 21 | We set to work and produced the rally and it was terrific . |
| 22 | We set the tone at the Tory Conferences and the other parties have followed suit . |
| 23 | During the 1987 election we set a carefully timed an organised arrival at a particular airport . |
| 24 | Whatever is there to see at Tuam ? ’ she complained mildly , as we set off : . |
| 25 | I promised to remember her to the Harvey-Beaumonts ‘ over the water ’ , and we set off once more , along a road that ran beside a demesne wall . |
| 26 | Yes , we set up a unit affiliated to the University of Salzburg to look into the question of stress in music-making ; and also the influence of music on the mind and the body , of healthy people and sick people . |
| 27 | We set off at ten , collected Coconut and bowled along to the woods . |
| 28 | Just after nine we set off in a taxi and dropped Rozanov off outside his embassy in Kensington Gardens . |
| 29 | I thought that since the recital is to start at 7.30 you might all like something a little substantial before we set out . |
| 30 | We will also need an ever greater sensitivity to our own responsibilities when we set forth to enjoy the countryside . |