Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] to [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I set out to be the best athlete Britain has ever known and I 've achieved that . |
| 2 | ‘ I set out to be the best athlete Britain has ever known and I 've achieved that . |
| 3 | We set up to be able to look at the refurbishment of our homes . |
| 4 | Microlights have at last achieved what they set out to be : a largely reliable and relatively cheap way to fly . |
| 5 | IT SETS out to be a film depicting immense human courage amid the horrific squalor of life in Calcutta 's slums . |
| 6 | He needs this , particularly if he sets out to be a novelist . |
| 7 | If a professional binder is employed , make very sure that he is what he sets out to be and has all the qualities of sensitive craftsmanship the work demands . |
| 8 | He set out to be amusing ; he had a fund of anecdotes , some about people Eloise knew well . |