Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it was that I set out laboriously to catalogue the very schema of my own sanity , to list exhaustively the full range of my personal habits . |
| 2 | So instead you set out either to strengthen your position or to undermine his . |
| 3 | Once she had decided to go into publishing , she set out conscientiously to fulfil her aim by getting three qualifications for the job : bookshop experience , a degree in English and secretarial skills . |
| 4 | She nodded , and they set off again to find a Venice few tourists saw . |
| 5 | They set off early to beat the traffic , and instead of blossom there were dead leaves on the pavement and a thin white mould of frost . |
| 6 | Never at any time in his career did he set out solely to defend . |
| 7 | It set out therefore to ensure , in consultation with the DES , that surveying came within the polytechnics ' orbit and that ‘ centres of excellence ’ for surveying education were established . |