Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set up on the same spot as in the previous summer , but this time my luck was different . |
| 2 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 3 | Anyway , being in the fortunate position to be able to drive along the road to Corrour , although my car suspension did n't agree it was so fortunate , a companion and I set off for the first peak , Beinn Eibhinn from halfway along the road , above the river Ghuilbinn . |
| 4 | But once you have unfolded an ordnance survey map and made the cheese and pickle sandwiches , it 's hard to change your mind , and so on a hot June day I set off up the zig-zagging tourist path from Glen Nevis at ten o'clock in the morning . |
| 5 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 6 | ‘ My Cat ’ , it began , ‘ was in agony due to being hung upside down from our bedroom window by my brother , when I set off in the luxurious coach provided for us . |
| 7 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 8 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 9 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 10 | I set out below the additional information which will be required for the week commencing [ date ] . |
| 11 | With a crew which included seven Fairbridge trainees from Strathclyde and East Lothian , Spirit of Scotland was one of the scores of sailing ships which set out on the 1993 Tall Ships Race when the starting cannon fired at Newcastle . |
| 12 | as if in recognition of the inherent limitations of the appeals system in this respect , the Magistrates ' Association issued a set of national guide-lines , in 1999 , which set out for the first time a scale of recommended penalties covering the 25 commonest offence types likely to come before the magistrates , together with guidance on the approach to be adopted for different degrees of seriousness . |
| 13 | What the camera can not reveal is when you set off on the second nine from the 10th tee , by the time you reach the green you have travelled nearly 60 feet downhill . |
| 14 | We attach great importance to the work of the Broadcasting Standards Council , which we set up under the 1990 Act . |
| 15 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 16 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 17 | At nine o'clock that night we set out in the pouring rain , our car packed with people and stores of food , picking our way through lorries , mules and men on foot . |
| 18 | Once again we set out in the pre-dawn walk through the forest , the amble across the alpine pastures , and the short struggle up the screes to the foot of the wall . |
| 19 | FOLLOWING two years of fund raising and six to eight weeks hard net practice we set off for the Far East on December 16 , 1991 for a combined cricket and hockey tour . |
| 20 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 21 | Malc 's parents moved into our house to look after Lee and Max and loaded with amps , speakers and suitcases , we set off for the first of twelve gigs — a Sunday lunch , one spot , fourteen quid — money for old rope . |
| 22 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 23 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 24 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 25 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 26 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 27 | The Zamoyski family 's attempts to reactivate a foundation they set up in the 1920s at Kornik , a Scottish-baronial monstrosity housing a priceless library of early illuminated manuscripts and incunabula , are being thwarted by the Polish Academy of Learning , which swallowed it up in 1945 . |
| 28 | ‘ The marshal , ’ complained one of his officers even before they set out on the futile march to Carlisle , ‘ is infirm and peevish … both in body and mind , forgetful , irresolute and perplext . ’ |
| 29 | She had no idea why she suddenly looked back , as they set off across the level turf that stretched above that mysterious underworld of brick-built labyrinths . |
| 30 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |