Example sentences of "and set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They creaked awake and set to rousing the fire and cooking breakfast , the Hearthwares cursing the chill weight of their armour , hopping up and down to get the blood moving through their limbs . |
| 32 | After a hasty meal we assembled all hands , distributed torches and rummage equipment and set to with forced enthusiasm , as we knew from experience that often these hot suspect ships had been hammered unmercifully by a succession of rummage crews at every arrival , besides which we were not feeling at our best . |
| 33 | I slipped into the great four-poster bed , whispered a few French endearments I had learnt from a wench and set to with a will . |
| 34 | Benjamin and Agrippa drew their hangers and set to with a will , the eerie silence of that lonely road shattered by grunts , muttered oaths and the scraping clash of steel . |
| 35 | ‘ Fat lot of use leather gear is to you under these circumstances , ’ she mumbled , and set to with her scissors to cut away his shredded clothes . |
| 36 | They tore down pictures of President Ceausescu , cut the Socialist emblem from the national flag , and set on fire any red flags they came across . |
| 37 | A barricade was built in Fahan Street and set on fire and a continuous fusillade of stones was thrown at the police sheltering behind Butcher Gate . |
| 38 | The objective of this special orientation , and similar arrangements in several other Mesoamerican cities , were the points on the horizon where the Sun rose and set on the day it passed directly overhead . |
| 39 | Worshippers arrived at the temple in Ealing , west London , to find the doors had been soaked in petrol and set on fire . |
| 40 | A TEENAGE girl was fighting for her life last night after being kidnapped , tortured and set on fire . |
| 41 | Suzanne , who left school in July , is clinging to life in the burns unit at Withington Hospital after being stripped , beaten and set on fire by captors who also shaved her head . |
| 42 | EACH HAD BEEN IN A BOMBING , ROBBERY OR OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND SET ON FIRE TO REMOVE FINGERPRINTS . |
| 43 | Turn it back again and set on three bricks . |
| 44 | Once power is established and set on course , as it were , then obedience is largely a matter of habit . |
| 45 | The brains themselves only need the lightest poaching for a quarter of an hour before being lifted out of the court-bouillon and set on the beds of lettuce . |
| 46 | Push halved new potatoes , cut sides down , on to sticks and set on the hot surface . |
| 47 | The flat string of squares flickered slightly just sufficiently to show it was a projection , nothing real ; but although it was apparent the line of squares itself was merely an image , on its surface sat seemingly real and solid wooden chess pieces made from black and white wood , and set on that strange line like tiny isolated guard towers on a chequered frontier wall . |
| 48 | The paper could be pasted up by amateurs , and set on a typewriter . |
| 49 | Unidentified groups of rioters attacked and set on fire the city police headquarters , where it was believed that some of those arrested earlier in University Square were being held . |
| 50 | In the early hours of the following day , persons widely suspected to be Round Table supporters shot at and then ransacked and set on fire the offices on Rustaveli Prospekt used by the National Democratic Party and the National Independence Party ( both part of the so-called Congress Movement ) . |
| 51 | Some reports suggested that severe shortages of essential commodities in Bulgaria could force both countries to agree to exchange goods on a barter system , albeit with prices fixed in dollars and set on world market levels . |
| 52 | The meat is then replaced into the oven and set on combi-steaming for the rest of the cooking time . |
| 53 | Based on a novel by E M Forster and set at the turn of the century , this is an elaborate and visually handsome period piece . |
| 54 | These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth . |
| 55 | Not the best reason for flying home , but oh God , she was sick of the subzero temperatures , the fact that the sun rose at ten in the morning and set at two in the afternoon . |
| 56 | Surrounded by hills and set at the mouth of the lush Foglia Valley , this is an attractive resort and an interesting town in its own right . |
| 57 | If a person is convicted in such circumstances , his right to remain silent is abrogated and set at nought . |
| 58 | to 2,501,943 at the end of December , and finally reached 5,201,919 in March 1991 before being renamed the gold cordoba on March 4 and set at 5.0726 to the US dollar . |
| 59 | Opposite the door and set under the windows was an ancient oak desk with three right-hand drawers , one without handles . |
| 60 | At the door is an insight into the true melding nature of all that goes on in Wainfleet — half a wooden beer barrel from Bateman 's Brewery , planted with flowers and set beside an iron shoe scraper . |