Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] [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 | So in July 1982 I set off on a similar journey . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was better once I had rounded the corner and I set off at a brisk pace for the west . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Then , once dressed , I set out on the great excursion : shopping , errands , and a treat in a cafe . |
| 10 | And so I set out on the long journey back to Thornfield . |
| 11 | Last year I set out on the same quest , but met with little success . |
| 12 | I set out below the additional information which will be required for the week commencing [ date ] . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is , in fact , sensible to take your sound recorder along with you whenever you set off on a major shoot . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You set off in a strong boat with keen crew , but your ship is dashed upon the rocks off The Isle of the Crown , and the adventure starts with your hero having been washed up on the beach of that isle and with a firm desire to seek out his long lost love … |
| 18 | We attach great importance to the work of the Broadcasting Standards Council , which we set up under the 1990 Act . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | So we set out across the open grassy slope that led on up towards the forest . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We set off for a five mile run in the woods to the south of the camp . |
| 24 | So we set off for a last look round . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 29 | We set off at a rattling rate , presumably to put some distance between us and the dozens of others still ponderously selecting items of clothing from their car boots , and I commenced my belligerence with a few barbed remarks about the pace-setting . |
| 30 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |