Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Like a fairway pitch , I set up with the ball forward in my stance with the clubface square to the target ( photo 2 ) . |
| 2 | I set off to the sound of Mick trying to tune into his sports programme . |
| 3 | What they had said really ‘ took seed ’ a few months later , when I set off on a world trip for seven months , and during that time the friend I was with , Ella , decided a few times , in different parts of the world , to lose some weight and tone up . |
| 4 | Then , at 7pm , I set off on the drive south to San Francisco . |
| 5 | When the rain stops I set off for a walk in the cool , after-rain air . |
| 6 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 7 | And so I set off across the field . |
| 8 | As a birthday celebration some time ago , I set off with a companion to conquer the two more accessible ones , Sgurr Thuilm and Sgurr nan Coireachan . |
| 9 | I set off up the stairs . |
| 10 | Once I had unpacked , I set off down the lane to have a look at the Round Tower before dark . |
| 11 | Bright and early next morning , I set off down the lane to work , my drawing pad and pens in my jauntily swinging plastic bag . |
| 12 | I set off as a television test pilot and have ended up with my best-ever chance of winning the race . |
| 13 | On one day during the test , I set off in a whiteout and finished , 12 hours later , in a torrential downpour . |
| 14 | 1.05pm — Having left Tony and his Mum at his appointment , I set off in the direction of the A4 . |
| 15 | I set off in the van to ask on imported cereal intake if he 's seen it . |
| 16 | I met Mr Coary and Mr Rafter of the sewing-machine shop , and once the back-slapping was over , I set off in the manager 's car for my new lodgings . |
| 17 | A long ridge-walk requires an early start , and a companion and I set off from the hotel at 8.30 , toast crumbs still trembling on our lips , to attain the ridge by the first peak , Creag a' Mhaim . |
| 18 | Thinking to steal a march on watchful eyes I set off from the Cross Inn ( not long established as the only hotel and bar ) at 6.15 a.m. and headed for Port of Ness and the Butt of Lewis . |
| 19 | When Kalchu and I set out for the headman 's house several mornings later it was bitterly cold . |
| 20 | I set out for an appointment in Sunderland on the day of its launch , full of hope as York station 's displays indicated the 11.34 InterCity to Newcastle was running ten minutes late . |
| 21 | I set out at the time the details of the areas where we would see new and better facilities reopening , and those better facilities have reopened . |
| 22 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 23 | So flustered was I , in fact , that I became entangled with the bicycles in the hall ( my sons always keep them there , and other things being equal I usually get past them without too much difficulty ) , and I arrived in the dining-room even more distraught than I set out from the study . |
| 24 | After such a day of damage it was a somewhat depleted fleet which set off on the return journey on Sunday . |
| 25 | Their lack of routine means you can often encourage them to feed when you want them to — such as just before you set off on an outing . |
| 26 | Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’ |
| 27 | If you set out with the idea of generating more clubhead speed by delaying the hit or the release of the hands , you must balance this with a much faster hand and arm action through impact . |
| 28 | You y if you set out on a train under normal circumstances you 're confident that you 're going to arrive in London at |
| 29 | And you set out in the morning and you know this road , you know this road well . |
| 30 | I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road . |