Example sentences of "setting [adv prt] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I have done is setting down there is various amounts of stuff to go off to my father |
| 2 | My method now is to take the tension setting down as low as the thickness of the yarn will allow , knit a couple of rows , then increase to the loose tension . |
| 3 | Cairns had taken 6 for 70 in the Lancashire first innings , and after watching him add 5 for 75 against Kent Robinson commented : ‘ He is still a youngster but he is setting in well and showing what an excellent prospect he is . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps , ’ said Roland , setting off nevertheless , his town shoes thickening with mud as he climbed , his hair ruffling . |
| 5 | But at least the enforced postponement saved the Germans from setting off yet another attack at half-cock . |
| 6 | ‘ But not for me , ’ she added sadly to herself , setting off homeward through the twilight . |
| 7 | That worried us as there were several great skuas working the sky above the bog , and we spent some time waiting for the goose to return before setting off again . |
| 8 | When the engine is hot and if I stop the engine for up to half an hour I get a smell of petrol in the cab and upon setting off again I experience severe fuel starvation causing the engine to stop unless travelling fast on an open road . |
| 9 | The veteran climbers narrowly defeated by the 6,200-metre Jaonli in Kashmir two years ago , are setting off again this month , a little older and fitter than eve.r Sponsored by Saga magazine , the team includes Mike Banks ( 68 ) Joss Lynam ( 67 ) , Mike Westmacott , a 1953 Everest Vertan who is now 66 , Richard Brooke ( 64 ) and striplings Jim Milledge and Paddy O'Leary , 61 and 56 respectively . |
| 10 | Before setting off again yesterday , he said : ‘ We are nine days overdue but it 's not a big problem . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , that 's a very good allowance , there ca n't be many girls setting off today who 'd get that . ’ |
| 12 | FOOTBALL clubs have been urged to make early inspections if there is any doubt about their matches to prevent clubs and fans setting off unnecessarily . |
| 13 | A cautious opening in New York produced a further round of price-cutting in the afternoon and , with investors setting off early for the Easter break , the Footsie drifted in to a 2638.6 point close , down 1.6 on the day . |
| 14 | But the reward for setting off early is the sight of dawn breaking over the South Rim and spilling into the Canyon . |
| 15 | They were mindful of Carter 's mistake at the beginning of his term in setting off too many policy hares at the cost of a focused programme with a clear sense of priorities . |
| 16 | Roland went to Bloomsbury on his bicycle next morning , setting off very early when Val was still applying her workaday face . |
| 17 | Five weeks later , on 13 November , Southey and Edith Fricker were secretly married in the same church , Southey setting off almost immediately afterwards to spend six months with his uncle in Portugal , leaving Edith behind . |
| 18 | Whatever stage of development any of the peoples of Siberia had reached , the occupation of their land by the Russians had a profound effect , either setting off entirely new social developments or accelerating trends which were already present . |
| 19 | The Doctor had watched the fight , without interest , for only a few minutes before setting off once again into the surrounding forest of knotted shapes . |
| 20 | An investor who gives his broker an order to sell when a stock falls to a certain figure is setting UP just such a system . |
| 21 | She was always talking of setting up somewhere else — of spreading our influence . |
| 22 | Telepoint phones can make only outgoing calls but Hutchison feels its £50m investment in setting up over 12,000 base stations to transmit calls will overcome earlier problems . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't you think the time 's come , Albert , ’ wheedled Nelly , ‘ when we thought of setting up here together ? |
| 24 | ‘ We 're just setting up here — we do n't have much equipment or anything yet . |
| 25 | Last night we saw the cast and crew move in to start setting up Tonight Mike Rowbottom sees what it takes to keep things going , in Behind The Curtain . |
| 26 | The tremolo would probably need setting up properly because it feels stiff and uneven in use . |
| 27 | Setting up independently in the city c .1820 , he developed a successful practice both in Bath itself and in the neighbouring areas of Somerset and Wiltshire . |
| 28 | For some reason , it does n't advise exterminating the goats , but it does suggest ‘ setting up suitably designed nesting tree trunks . ’ |
| 29 | By setting up only two political parties for next month 's election , Mr Babangida has tried to stop Nigerians voting along ethnic lines . |
| 30 | ‘ Our directive is to support multinational companies moving into Eastern Europe , ’ says Andrew Gibson , BT 's director for Eastern Europe , whose group welcomes enquiries from accountancy firms thinking of setting up there , or whose clients intend to do so . |