Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] about [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself .
2 S I set about answering the query for myself .
3 We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing .
4 One bright sunny morning recently I set about painting the front of the house with its yearly coat of white paint to smarten it up .
5 ‘ How do you set about making the Scapegoat itself ? ’
6 So how do you go about persuading the birds to set up home ?
7 Er how did you go about getting the job ?
8 Just how you go about determining the pitch angle of your blades depends to some extent on the make of helicopter which you purchase and also on the depth of your pocket .
9 Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape .
10 Later , as , with Agnes Diggory 's aid , she set about putting the dressing-room to rights , a new determination began to burgeon in her breast .
11 She set about preparing the vegetables .
12 This helped my Group when we set about persuading the teaching profession , represented mainly by the National Association of Teachers of English , to accept our recommendations .
13 Now erm once again I 'm relying on the information that Norman would have given you in describing how we go about setting the assignments up .
14 They set about loosening the ropes just enough for them to be able to reach the knot once Graham gave the signal .
15 Holes in the floor outside , and inside , the orphanage served as toilets , and water had to be drawn from a single well in the grounds , so first they set about unblocking the drains and opening sewers .
16 He had discovered a method of intercepting springs , and , using stone to seal his drains , he and others like him set about spreading the gospel of effective underdrainage .
17 A body may be acting within the scope of its authority at the outset but may , by the way it goes about taking the decision , go outside the four corners of the Act .
18 More important , he set about gathering the Wordsworths into the Quantock fold , hastening a visit which must in any case have been intended for the near future .
19 John Welsby was appointed as the first Director , Provincial , and he set about evaluating the sources of the sector 's costs .
20 Wasting neither time nor mercy he set about dispersing the riding families .
21 After many disputes involving privileges and revenues of the See , he set about repairing the buildings in the diocese .
22 He set about using the time to run a complete check on his detection and recording equipment .
23 With a trembling hand he set about dialling the telephone number .
24 With the same energy which had prompted him in his surveying , he set about recording the topography of the Lake District , from early morning till dusk .
25 He set about reshaping the Canterbury community with great vigour and clarity of aim .
26 Most importantly , he set about resolving the problem of transporting his troops to the mainland .
27 Producing a screw driver , he set about updating the display units by inserting new designs and removing discontinued items .
28 No sooner was he back amongst his own patients than he set about exchanging the dressings applied by Dr McNab , even though they were in most cases identical to his own .
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