Example sentences of "[noun] and set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 2 | Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said . |
| 3 | He imagined himself to be in the centre of the city now , surrounded by its magnificent old crumbling buildings , its churches and palaces , villas and castles filled with the rich trappings of the centuries and set about by the bustle , the noise , the filth , squalor and abject poverty of the streets . |
| 4 | The old cheese presses which had lain dusty in the stable loft were brought down with difficulty on account of their immense weight and set up on the flagged floor . |
| 5 | On April 18 , 1943 at 0700hrs Yamamoto climbed aboard a Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber and set off for Bougainville , his formation was accompanied by another Betty and six Zeros . |
| 6 | By the time we had driven to Port Eynon , the wind had really picked up but not easily deterred , we abandoned the car and set off towards the cliffs . |
| 7 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 8 | She lifted it over the fence and set off across the little meadow , gathering speed and thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 9 | Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river . |
| 10 | Left-winger Darren Junee brilliantly slipped round his marker , James Reynolds , just before half-time and set off on a jinking run down the left wing . |
| 11 | They mounted the white dune and set off towards town square and church , past a few white cottages . |
| 12 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |
| 13 | After lunch , either from members ' own nosebags or from the Museum café , we reboarded our coach and set off on a magical mystery tour in search of Butterley and the M.R.C. It is quite fun ‘ turning round ’ on a fairly busy main road in a large coach ! |
| 14 | An hour later , she climbed into her Panda and set off for Oxford . |
| 15 | While the creature sought height for another sweep Hrun scrambled to his feet and set off at a dead run for the woods at the edge of the arena . |
| 16 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 17 | Undaunted , the Carlist militias — the Requetés — formed into columns and set out for Madrid , some 500 kilometres to the south , in buses , in trucks and on foot . |
| 18 | If you have a grievance relating to your employment , please refer to the procedure agreed by the Council and set out in the document attached to this statement of particulars . |
| 19 | Not much , says Mr Day , and he predicts that smaller firms that do n't want to work in regulated areas will break away from the Institute and set up in practice as plain accountants . |
| 20 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 21 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 22 | Courts would be involved in pre-trial procedure much more actively than at present in attempting to keep the parties to proposed new timetables , whilst allowing for a realistic degree of relaxation by the court , and permitting the parties to vary particular time limits by agreement , subject always to the obligation to have the case ready for trial and set down within the overall timetable . |
| 23 | It will also be permissible for parties to vary particular time limits by agreement , subject always to the obligations to have the case ready for trial and set down within the overall timetable . |
| 24 | Tuppe and Cornelius followed the pointing fingers and set off in different directions . |
| 25 | A proof must be in the form known as " proof of debt " ( whether the form prescribed by the rules and set out in Sched 4 to the rules as Form 6.37 or a substantially similar form , see App C , form 34 ) and must be signed by the creditor or someone authorised on his behalf ( r 6.69(3) ) . |
| 26 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 27 | So we gritted our teeth and set off along the Pyg-motorway past the army 's blasted and unforgivable folly , writhing and frothing and swearing and laughing aghast — the vapours thickening the while , so that when we looked down from Bwlch Moch , Llydaw was rimless , leaden obscurity and our hair mist-beaded like grizzled Rastafarians . |
| 28 | Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors . |
| 29 | Dara fled back to Agra and set off on the road to Delhi without daring to face his father . |
| 30 | Cameron found Donald Stewart and set off beside him towards Weem , which lay among its woodlands in a light blue haze of evening smoke . |