Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just marched in and set to work . |
| 2 | But if it were pigeon droppings then it would be a moot point as to whether merely to murmur condolences and hurry on or to set to work with a clean handkerchief . |
| 3 | Steam for 70 min , by the end of which time the pudding will be perfectly puffed up and set with a just-molten streak in the centre . |
| 4 | Hector ! ’ he was crying as he was dragged up and set to an oar . |
| 5 | Head large , with large eyes facing forwards and set in a flattened facial disc , whose feathers usually conceal the short hooked bill . |
| 6 | The people who are seizing and occupying the present time can not belong in my colour , they 're like the bits that leap out of a spinning bowl , too heavy , too separate and distinct to be blended in with the other substances ; red-hot stones , flung out and setting on fire the place where they land . |
| 7 | The inner flesh was as raw as a recent wound , and clear resin had oozed to the surface , trickled down and set into sticky pink runnels . |
| 8 | Among the cool colours and short sleeves look out for an imaginative crochet trim — daisies , worked separately and set into open spaces left in the knitting . |
| 9 | She sat down and set to work on the files . |