Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Now , in turn , that secondary attack was being eviscerated by French guns that had set up to its right , on a ridge that was the western twin of the Mort Homme , called simply Côte 304 . |
2 | Soon after the war ended it trebled its student members when the Ministry of Education issued grants to ex-servicemen in an attempt to prevent a recurrence of the disillusionment that had set in after the First World War . |
3 | The lion 's share of Singapore 's exports is produced by the 3,000-odd foreign companies that have set up on the island . |
4 | He and Charlotte had grown tired of the undertaking business and had set off to London to start a new life — with all the money from Mr Sowerberry 's shop in their pockets . |
5 | I refer to your memorandum of 13 May 1993 concerning the above and have set out below my comments on the recent campaign undertaken by Media Action . |