Example sentences of "she set to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were told that she set to work ‘ editing ’ the crazed philosopher 's work to make it more Nazi , and that Elisabeth had a strong and malign influence on the growth of National Socialism . |
| 2 | At once , she set to work and made such a remarkable copy of a Michelangelo that she was sent , when ten years old , to the Dublin School of Art where she learnt drawing and sculpture . |
| 3 | Now that the party was over , she set to work to remove all traces of it , because she could n't bear the aftermath of revelry . |
| 4 | Anyhow , she set to and found the time to make one for me , even though she had such a large family to care for . |
| 5 | She took off the wire that held the cork in position and put the bottle beside her , then she set to work . |
| 6 | Once they had cleared away and washed the dinner pots , she set to and washed Martha 's hair . |
| 7 | She set to work on Emily 's shoes , pride insisted that she finish the job she had begun even if she was never paid for it . |
| 8 | He agreed , and she set to work . |
| 9 | She sighed to herself and smiled to herself at Auntie 's mistake ; and then she set to work with Auntie 's sewing-machine . |
| 10 | She set to work with a vengeance , losing herself in the difficult task of making all those fiercely vivid images of him that were swirling around in her head tangible . |
| 11 | Instead , she set to stubbornly work her way through in alphabetical order , so that before long she had a small pile of pink order slips in front of her . |
| 12 | Then she set to with bleach and scouring pads to render the vases spotless . |
| 13 | Walking back to Rebecca 's cluttered desk , she set to work . |
| 14 | However , he was quite correct in assuming she would not contact the person who had phoned her until she was sure he was well out of the way , so she set to work in sorting out the various tasks to be done . |
| 15 | Muttering beneath her breath she set to the preparation of the tall boy 's breakfast . |
| 16 | Hoping Penry Vaughan would n't mind if she borrowed his hairbrush , she set to work . |
| 17 | oh she set to work and she cleared the she had , what did she have ? , meat , er chicken , potatoes , cauliflower , Yorkshire pudding |