Example sentences of "[pron] set about [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set about researching conventional wisdom for clues . |
| 2 | How would you set about convincing these blind people about the blueness of sky , the greenness of grass , the beauty of painting ? |
| 3 | When in January 1975 , Liza was appointed Director for European Merchandising , she set about organizing some improvements . |
| 4 | As a result of this curse , she set about devouring any children she came across , in perverse vengeance for having lost her own . |
| 5 | Thus Blacks became a prime source of hostility for white unionists who set about erecting discriminatory barriers . |
| 6 | You ask , how do we set about organising that ? |
| 7 | Arising out of her description , we set about grouping modal verb forms according to their meaning , making as much use as we could of both negative and positive forms . |
| 8 | Nationwide Computer Maintenance ( NCM ) are one such company — so we set about assembling one of their Computakits . |
| 9 | Originating from the northern part of County Antrim in Ireland , anciently known as Dalriada , they set about establishing another Dalriada in Argyll and the nearer islands , including Iona . |
| 10 | By the beginning of 1668 , Jacob had joined his brother Isaac in England , and with him set about selling Hebrew books to a devoted clientele that included Henry Oldenburg , Robert Boyle , and Thomas Barlow of the Bodleian Library [ qq.v . ] . |
| 11 | Once done , he set about building this lodge to serve as a grandstand , from whose balcony he could be with family and friends and watch his hounds coursing deer across the bare miles . |
| 12 | Maybe Brando agreed with Clift ; in any case , sensing he had more to offer than an actor 's tools , he decided to take his destiny into his own hands and he set about producing One-Eyed Jacks , a western , in 1960 . |
| 13 | He set about exploiting this one with tremendous zeal . |
| 14 | With the help of another local engineer , Norman Crossland , he set about making this flying machine . |
| 15 | He set about raising all army of his own to win back the lands lost in the recent campaign . |