Example sentences of "set to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without further ado , I set to work . |
| 2 | She found a spanner and set to work on the bike . |
| 3 | Switch on the coil current ( set to 125mA ) and the test point voltage should change by about two volts or so , positively or negatively . |
| 4 | In works like Compassion ( set to Albinoni 's Adagio for Strings ) and Now You See It , Now You Do n't ( a solemn confused piece dedicated to the homeless ) Hall abandons the drive and sass of works like Nightwalker for emotional and sociological uplift . |
| 5 | She taught me the basics : casting-on , how to knit and pearl , and I set to work . |
| 6 | They set to sea in boats and cruisers ; one newspaper even hired a Lear jet , which flew over the area day after day . |
| 7 | Caroline was delighted and set to work transforming her straight , shoulder-length hair into a glamorous new look . |
| 8 | And he describes the last 14 years of his life dedicated to overcoming the bitterness accumulated since the ‘ rubber barons ’ first reached the region , bringing with them thousands of labourers from Brazil 's impoverished Northeast , who they set to work as Seringueiros in lands wrested from the Indians . |
| 9 | She settled everybody round the fire , took them hot drinks , and then set to work on her sweet-hearted retriever with a comb , during which she got her guests into perspective . |
| 10 | ‘ Apple pie , ’ he said , and they set to work . |
| 11 | She looked all set to be a book-a-year person once she had the initial break . |
| 12 | In the gents loo , an old guy sits doing the Daily Record crossword while the red-faced clubbers wearing a mixture of sportsgear , the odd Happy Mondays G-Mex sweatshirt , ponchos and flares set to work on their hair with free gel and mousse . |
| 13 | We set to work and produced the rally and it was terrific . |
| 14 | Set to Tcherepnin 's Bagatelles , it was an adult equivalent of items seen at dancing-school shows . |
| 15 | With the necessary minimum of technical instruction on camera and sound work the group then set to work to produce their own video film . |
| 16 | ‘ Set to your wheel , and wax rich by ductile wool and flax |
| 17 | So we set to under our section corporal , Jimmy Brough , and slogged away until we had completed ten such excavations , wondering where the tents were that were to fill them . |
| 18 | After producing the Crowther Report , the Central Advisory Council was reconstituted under the chairmanship of John Newsom and set to work . |
| 19 | The chairman was Sir John Newsom , and in 1966 we set to work . |
| 20 | We set to work on this with a will . |
| 21 | I took my make-up out of my bag , leaned close to the mirror and set to work on my face . |
| 22 | set to disputing what kind of punishment |
| 23 | Back in France , they set to work . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Set to guitar mode it gave the sound bags of depth while remaining well up front . |
| 28 | The Graduate looked all set to be his first , but Ernest Lehman , who was producing and adapting Edward Albee 's acid drama of marital non-bliss , Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? , persuaded Warner Bros to hire the untried Nichols . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Nothing daunted , the committee members set to ; they contacted friends and acquaintances on other islands , they studied ferry time-tables , and planned their campaign with a speed which matched that which had equipped the Law Centre . |