Example sentences of "to set to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is hardly the best example to set to an electorate that is constantly being urged to display pay and other financial restraints . |
| 2 | We want big changes and we want them quickly , but we can not see clearly enough how to set to work . |
| 3 | ‘ Let me tell you , ’ she yelled , ‘ Boyd and I are somebodies in this town , and mostly because I was smart enough to set to and cultivate the right people . ’ |
| 4 | Beethoven , among others , could not comprehend how Mozart could have stooped so low as to set to music such an apparently frivolous text , dealing with the fickleness of women ; and the prudish moral climate of the later 19th century made sure that Così was conveniently ignored as a little aberration . |
| 5 | Release the card ( you do n't need to set to ‘ slip ’ , you are already there ) and knit one row . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The idea is to set to work without great expense and elaborate machinery , or under primitive conditions . |
| 8 | We had no shoes for 'em so my mate and I had to set to and make the shoes and shoe them . |
| 9 | Carpenters who 'd thought their job was done , had to set to work again . |
| 10 | Darlington Council 's next plan is to set to work improving the derelict land sites bordering the River Skerne . |