Example sentences of "[noun] set to work [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opening lead of a small trump did not solve any problems and declarer set to work to eliminate hearts and draw trumps . |
| 2 | In the first room he looked into , the window space had already been commandeered by two native pensioners and an indigo planter ; in the next room he was just in time to see the camel guns fired … the sofa recoiled on its protesting castors and the men serving the guns set to work to re-load . |
| 3 | Once Clifford had departed Palmer set to work to wring from the central government a series of concessions which , had he succeeded in obtaining them all , would have converted Northern Nigeria into a separate state . |
| 4 | Carey set to work clearing the jungle and erecting a little bamboo hut with fences to keep out tigers ! |
| 5 | Beauty therapist Suzanne set to work to reduce the Santa spread by preparing Frigi-Thalgo . |
| 6 | All the forces of Chaos were brought to bear , and the mightiest sorcerers of the Chaos army set to work to breach the spell-walls around the island . |
| 7 | CHASTENED COGNOS SETS TO WORK PUTTING THE WHEELS BACK ON ITS WAGON |
| 8 | Armed with these two principles Einstein , Podolsky and Rosen set to work to demolish quantum mechanics . |
| 9 | Rayleigh and Jeans set to work to calculate this spectrum . |