Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 2 | Then they have five days to sell the dog , make arrangements for the wife and kids and set off for Moscow 's Star City , ’ he said . |
| 3 | He imagined himself to be in the centre of the city now , surrounded by its magnificent old crumbling buildings , its churches and palaces , villas and castles filled with the rich trappings of the centuries and set about by the bustle , the noise , the filth , squalor and abject poverty of the streets . |
| 4 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 5 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |
| 6 | We hope that this more intensive schedule , extra to current monthly timetable , will consolidate the progress of our students and in turn contribute noticeably to the attainment of training goals as set out in the Development Plan . |
| 7 | As the cost of funding a loan(s) fluctuates in the interbank market this is taken account of in the determination of interest rates payable by the borrower at pre-arranged reference date intervals of three , six or twelve months as set out in the loan contract . |
| 8 | These are the keys that set up to success , so , these are the bits that earn you money . |
| 9 | One thing is absolutely certain and that is nearly all the US companies that set out down the T.Q.M. route 10 years ago are still convinced they took the right decision . |
| 10 | While the creature sought height for another sweep Hrun scrambled to his feet and set off at a dead run for the woods at the edge of the arena . |
| 11 | Undaunted , the Carlist militias — the Requetés — formed into columns and set out for Madrid , some 500 kilometres to the south , in buses , in trucks and on foot . |
| 12 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 13 | Here I use her hypotheses as set out in her paper ‘ Some Mutual Interactions Between Organizations and Their Members ’ as well as others she has written on the same theme . |
| 14 | Tuppe and Cornelius followed the pointing fingers and set off in different directions . |
| 15 | A proof must be in the form known as " proof of debt " ( whether the form prescribed by the rules and set out in Sched 4 to the rules as Form 6.37 or a substantially similar form , see App C , form 34 ) and must be signed by the creditor or someone authorised on his behalf ( r 6.69(3) ) . |
| 16 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 17 | So we gritted our teeth and set off along the Pyg-motorway past the army 's blasted and unforgivable folly , writhing and frothing and swearing and laughing aghast — the vapours thickening the while , so that when we looked down from Bwlch Moch , Llydaw was rimless , leaden obscurity and our hair mist-beaded like grizzled Rastafarians . |
| 18 | Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors . |
| 19 | Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects . |
| 20 | When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home . |
| 21 | In 1889 he left the lace business in search of larger fortunes and set up as a stockbroker in Nottingham . |
| 22 | The leaf-cutting ants of South America build vast underground nests and set off from them , day and night , in long columns to demolish trees , removing every shoot , leaf and stem , section by tiny section and transporting them all back to their underground chambers . |
| 23 | The obligation upon LEAs to meet a child 's special educational needs as set out in his/her statement of needs has led to an increase in specialist staff , visiting , or based in these centres and working with and supporting regular staff . |
| 24 | Though it worked with reasonable smoothness in some cases , this was a result of good county-district relationships which were able to overcome the inherent difficulties of the division of responsibilities as set out in ( virtually incomprehensible ) detail in Schedule 16 of the 1972 Act . |
| 25 | The battens are either nailed along the joists or set out at about 400mm centres , at right angles to the joists . |
| 26 | So it was that with high spirits I packed Baedekers and prejudices , boots and a bootload of assumptions and set out for Dover . |
| 27 | I call upon Councillor to move the appointment to committees as set out in the sheets circulated round the chamber . |
| 28 | Fortified for a final fight , we stuffed everything into our sacks and set off on the laborious slog back up Coire Raibeirt for a buffeted race against darkness over the plateau and down to the vast , eerily deserted car park . |
| 29 | We put on our képis , straightened our ties , pulled our fingers into regulation gloves and set off for the guardhouse . |
| 30 | He bundled her down the stairs and set off through the rain at a cracking pace . |