Example sentences of "[conj] set [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But normally either the land was eventually to be divided equally between the children or , more typically where land was scarcer , the land itself would go to a single son and provision be made for the other children in cash — very often advanced earlier in life , on marriage or to set up in a trade . |
| 2 | Now it 's one thing to say well , you know , perhaps these are women who take more exception than other women would do , but there comes a point where you have to accept , I think , that there 's going to be a shift of perspective , that what women have customarily put up with is no longer what they wish to put up and that I think we ought to be , as it were , acknowledged to have the right or the scope to say we want things to change , and to define or to set out in a process of defining what should be sexual appropriate sexual behaviour in future . |
| 3 | I think one of the things the American companies often do is that , rather than set up on a green field site , they often buy into an existing company , erm , and therefore it 's , it 's , it 's a , it 's a somewhat different form of investment to the |
| 4 | A beat that sets out for a destination may have to renavigate on the way or may even have to change destination . |
| 5 | There 's nothing worse than setting off on a day 's walking after a cold sleepless night when you feel as though you 've been trussed up in a straight jacket . |
| 6 | THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife . |
| 7 | The Buddha of Suburbia is about filling that vacuum , which Karim 's father does by leaving his wife for his single-breasted girlfriend and setting up as a Bromley guru , or escaping from it , which Karim himself does by moving north of the river in search of new mainly sexual , experience . |
| 8 | It eventually showed fishermen preparing and setting out on a peaceful evening for a night 's work ; while they are at sea , a storm blows up . |
| 9 | In 1799 , having decided that strict attention to work was undermining his health , Edwards turned his business over to R. H. Evans [ q.v. ] and set up as a gentleman collector . |
| 10 | At sixteen he ran away from Harrow , and set up as a film director , work which took him to central Europe and east Africa , but proved financially unrewarding . |
| 11 | In 1889 he left the lace business in search of larger fortunes and set up as a stockbroker in Nottingham . |
| 12 | He fled to Cyprus without his wife and set up as a storekeeper and contractor . |
| 13 | In the foundation 's view , arthritis should be taken out of that conglomerate and set up in a new and separate institute , which would bring the total number of institutes at NIH to 12 . |
| 14 | It was a long haul with my heavy bag to the bus stop at the top of town next day , but I made it and set out on a bus journey westward from Roscommon to Galway . |
| 15 | ‘ I was going to show you the laconicum , ’ he said , and he turned and snuffed like a hound across the green , open bowl , and set out on a selected trail , nose to scent , heading obliquely for the complex of standing walls where several rooms of the ancient baths converged . |
| 16 | But Mr Clinton , 46 , was yesterday taking no chances and set out on a final round-the-clock trek to nine states before heading home today to cast his own vote . |
| 17 | But at last they reached the top and set out along a ridge under the clear blue sky , valleys running steeply to left and right of them . |
| 18 | These concessions , sealed and set out in a formal document , were notified to all bishops and sheriffs throughout the kingdom . |
| 19 | She arched her neck in delight as Travis 's lips left hers and set out in a heated exploration of the sensitive skin of her throat . |
| 20 | He declined the offer of a lift home , wished me an interesting journey , and set off through a light Prague drizzle . |
| 21 | In the late Sixties , Kasmin swallowed his pride and set off as a travelling salesman on behalf of the gallery to America , travelling the States with a bagful of transparencies , finding out who was interested in art from the local museums , and visiting people who did n't get to New York . |
| 22 | Left-winger Darren Junee brilliantly slipped round his marker , James Reynolds , just before half-time and set off on a jinking run down the left wing . |
| 23 | Not for the first time , Josh wondered how much use an aging and lame night watchman would be in an emergency , but he put this thought aside and set off on a tour of inspection . |
| 24 | After lunch , either from members ' own nosebags or from the Museum café , we reboarded our coach and set off on a magical mystery tour in search of Butterley and the M.R.C. It is quite fun ‘ turning round ’ on a fairly busy main road in a large coach ! |
| 25 | The boatman scampered across to the opposite gunwale , turned the boat , turned it again and set off on a long glide which took them close in along the bridge . |
| 26 | And she turned away , Midnight 's shoes striking sparks in the darkness , and set off at a fast trot in the direction of Sam Sylvester 's semi-detached in Acacia Avenue . |
| 27 | The boy dropped the halter he was holding and set off at a run through the gateway and towards the big house . |
| 28 | ‘ Best be movin , ’ he said and they swung open the gate and set off at a jaunty pace back up the lane towards the main road . |
| 29 | Exuberantly believing that he alone was responsible for the separation and still moved by a powerfully purifying sense of goodness and rightness , Hope paid his modest bill the next morning , left a parting note for George , checked himself from asking to see Mary , promised — though he lied — to return and set off at a tremendous pace for Hause Point . |
| 30 | Petion nodded and set off at a trot . |