Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv] at [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I set off at 5 am but those Sussex lanes are pitch dark , and hilly ! |
2 | We set off at ten , collected Coconut and bowled along to the woods . |
3 | We set off at seven in the morning after a particularly frantic bout of making-up : all three hijras cleaned their teeth with neem twigs , smudged on great quantities of lipstick and dusted their faces with blusher . |
4 | They set off at half past five in Charlotte 's car . |
5 | Now erm suddenly , it sets in at one particular temperature , this resistance just disappears entirely . |
6 | His early ventures into freelance design had been reasonably successful ; with Leonie 's encouragement he worked long hours as a restaurant porter to earn enough money to buy a couple of ancient industrial machines which he set up at one end of the living room of his mother 's house . |
7 | He set out at ten ; he viewed as many houses as possible , trudged across miles of fitted carpet and sanded floors , exchanged weary smiles with anxious vendors . |