Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The premature declarations of imminent victory and raising of empty hopes contained the germ of the inevitable decline in confidence which set in during the following weeks , as the news from the eastern Front told a different story . |
| 2 | Sandison himself set off in the opposite direction , towards his pensione . |
| 3 | It is alleged by the fourth plea , that the defendant 's testator never requested the plaintiff to enter into the engagement to marry , or to marry , and that there never was any consideration for the testator 's promise , except what may be collected from the letter itself set out in the declaration . |
| 4 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
| 5 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 6 | She set off towards the junction to the left . |
| 7 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
| 8 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
| 9 | This time Sausage accompanied her , and as she set off with the the two small boys and their three dogs , Korah , Dathan and Abiram , she reflected that they must look rather like a circus . |
| 10 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 11 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 12 | She set off up the scarp , using juts and ledges as a diagonal staircase to take her on a course that would bring her close to Johannsen when they both reached the top of the incline . |
| 13 | Then she set off across the shimmering grass , towards the dank , smelly , but mercifully cool ‘ Ladies ’ . |
| 14 | With no further words , she set off across the wide lawns of the De Belving gardens , scattering a couple of sleepy peacocks as she went . |
| 15 | She set off across the rough turf towards the low hill brow ahead . |
| 16 | She set off down the slope , forcing herself not to run , telling herself again and again that it was all right ; that her fears were unfounded . |
| 17 | Throwing it over her shoulder , she set off down the aisle , the two men close behind her . |
| 18 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 19 | She set off round the perimeter of the vast doorway , looking for anything that resembled a control panel . |
| 20 | She set off round the tower , with him in playful pursuit . |
| 21 | She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried . |
| 22 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 23 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 24 | Undaunted by the rain , she set out along the causeway , feeling like a princess in a fairy-tale about to join her prince . |
| 25 | To this end we will be working closely with Music Aid , a group of volunteers from the music world who set up after the tragic Ethiopian famine in the mid nineteen eighties . |
| 26 | Stewart Hulse , team leader of the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team , has some harsh words for youth groups who set out onto the Lakeland Fells , determined to complete their objectives at all costs . |
| 27 | It was a beautiful sunny day , if anything it would be too hot for the marathon runners who set off before the fun runners , fun walkers and fun pusher ! |
| 28 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 29 | And as we set out in the management letter , it 's a requirement of the audit commissioners code of practice , as we do report to areas of all the authorities that we deal with on an annual basis . |
| 30 | Cos Michael started it , he said we 're never said anything when we set off in the car , and then he said that he 'd had this fax from me and er Andrew said , well it was n't actually from , er , from me to the , it was fetched up to me and I sent it in the office . |