Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the morning of the ceremony , Olivia , the mali , Balvinder Singh and myself all set off to Village Shahpur Jat in Mr Singh 's taxi .
2 When the biggest set of the day came through , well over thirty feet but still well-formed , Doerner , Foo , and Bradshaw all set off in pursuit .
3 The Moroccan restaurants that I tried were obviously set up for tourists .
4 In the community tank where the decor consists of numerous caves made from rockwork , with a good depth of gravel to act as a filter medium , and where the fish tend to dig less than in a tank especially set up for breeding , then undergravel filtration will be adequate once the biological action in the gravel has become firmly established .
5 ‘ Just caught your nippers apparently setting out for Siena , ’ Fosdyke said .
6 After electrification in 1966 , the Bletchley train continued to pick up at Loughton , but not to set down at night .
7 They may not set up in practice on their own account for a further three years .
8 ‘ If you 'd prefer to not risk my efforts at the barbecue I can easily set off for home right now .
9 While valuation reports of this nature often include reference to the submission made by the parties and any other evidence collated , the reasoning behind valuations is not normally set out in detail .
10 By the time Wordsworth finally set out from Bristol to Racedown in the autumn of 1795 , he had , in the words of The Prelude , ‘ Yielded up moral questions in despair ’ .
11 I HAVE just set up in business as a limited company .
12 Moorcock 's people are amusing on their own terms , in their own right , and not just set down as figures of fun .
13 They had just set out on holiday in their Mazda car .
14 But his language is not the solipsist 's ; it is not set up by ostension of private sensations which serve as samples .
15 So , for example , the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board ( CICB ) is amenable to judicial review even though it was not set up by statute and even though the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme ( CICS ) , which it administers , is non-statutory .
16 It is sometimes said of bodies such as the CICB that they owe their existence to exercises of ‘ prerogative ’ power , but in this context , this means the same thing as saying that the body was not set up by statute .
17 The justices have not set out in terms their findings under section 1 but they have considered all the aspects of the case in so far as I can see .
18 She soon set off for Leicester , where she sobbed ‘ hideously ’ and was put in prison with two unlucky fellow-pilgrims .
19 The Range Rover was crammed with so much food as they finally set off for Brides Haven that Leonora expressed doubt that the boat would carry it all .
20 So , is Chinese art still collectable , can a dealer still set up with stock of quality ?
21 The knocker boys usually set off in groups of three or four , targeting a particular area that is likely to throw up worthwhile items .
22 A film about an estate agency specially set up for squatters has been criticised for promoting an unacceptable activity .
23 ‘ Where fishermen once set out to sea , now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores . ’
24 Where fishermen once set out to sea , now travellers stop to soak up the sun which bakes the sandy shores .
25 Oh no that 's thirty five always set out in Nepal
26 Always set out in Nepal , it must there 's two E's .
27 Many of the decisions in this regard will be taken annually by the partners : where departures from the general rules are agreed , they should be promptly set down in writing and signed by all partners .
28 His work done , Nation collected his fee and promptly set off in search of other work , as did any other jobbing writer .
29 Knowing the risk he was taking , he still set out for Peking : why ?
30 The federation had been formally set up in Paris on Sept. 22 by leaders of the pro-democracy movement who had fled China , including leading economists Yan Jiaqi and Chen Yizi , and Wan Runnan , head of China 's biggest private company , the Stone Co. [ see also p. 36815 ] .
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