Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is alleged by the fourth plea , that the defendant 's testator never requested the plaintiff to enter into the engagement to marry , or to marry , and that there never was any consideration for the testator 's promise , except what may be collected from the letter itself set out in the declaration . |
| 2 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
| 3 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
| 4 | She set off towards the junction to the left . |
| 5 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 6 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
| 7 | She set off up the scarp , using juts and ledges as a diagonal staircase to take her on a course that would bring her close to Johannsen when they both reached the top of the incline . |
| 8 | Throwing it over her shoulder , she set off down the aisle , the two men close behind her . |
| 9 | She set off down the slope , forcing herself not to run , telling herself again and again that it was all right ; that her fears were unfounded . |
| 10 | She set off round the tower , with him in playful pursuit . |
| 11 | She set off round the perimeter of the vast doorway , looking for anything that resembled a control panel . |
| 12 | She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried . |
| 13 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 14 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 15 | Undaunted by the rain , she set out along the causeway , feeling like a princess in a fairy-tale about to join her prince . |
| 16 | Stewart Hulse , team leader of the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team , has some harsh words for youth groups who set out onto the Lakeland Fells , determined to complete their objectives at all costs . |
| 17 | And as we set out in the management letter , it 's a requirement of the audit commissioners code of practice , as we do report to areas of all the authorities that we deal with on an annual basis . |
| 18 | Cos Michael started it , he said we 're never said anything when we set off in the car , and then he said that he 'd had this fax from me and er Andrew said , well it was n't actually from , er , from me to the , it was fetched up to me and I sent it in the office . |
| 19 | Well they were usually a line of kids standing along the wall or something and one set out in the middle of the field and then you had to touch them and then you 'd be back to the wall and they had to do it . |
| 20 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 21 | Prince Adam promptly donated the entire museum to a foundation which he set up for the purpose , to which he also ceded all his rights to his pre-war estates and property . |
| 22 | ‘ That this deal he set up with the Iranians through Nadirpur — part of the arrangement was that Philippe be released — in return for French arms . ’ |
| 23 | He set up in the West End of London in 1912 , following the death of his first wife and only daughter , having realized that property deals yielded far better returns in the metropolis than in the provinces . |
| 24 | And at last he set out for the meeting-place . |
| 25 | But there was a FOR SALE board up , new today , he had n't seen it there this morning when he set out for the meeting with the AC . |
| 26 | Then he set out along the path that the old man had shown him . |
| 27 | A keen owner of fast motor cycles and cars since he was fifteen , he set out after the war to be a racing driver . |
| 28 | Accompanied by his close friend the German geographer Hermann von Wissmann , he set out from the port of Mukalla and visited the cities of Shibam , Saywun and Tarim , closely studying the society and minutely describing the topography , geology , flora and fauna of the valley . |
| 29 | He set off along the side of the building . |
| 30 | He set off towards the buses . |