Example sentences of "[prep] setting [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 2 | It seems for many the idea of setting up behind the bar is even more powerful than the interest rates . |
| 3 | Has she thought of setting up in the coffin business herself ? |
| 4 | The journey was conceived and prepared through a Scottish winter with the idea of setting out in the spring . |
| 5 | Discussions are understood to be under way with several companies which have expressed an interest in setting up alongside the plant to supply components to Motorola , which operates on a just-in-time principle of bringing in materials just as they are required for the production process . |
| 6 | I had to go and fetch water from two blocks away at 5 a.m. before setting off to the market . |
| 7 | Catch the sunrise , a stunningly colourful experience on a clear day as the morning light reflects on the rocks bringing out an array of unforgettable colour , before setting off for the Navajo Indian Reservation and the trading Post of Cameron . |
| 8 | The man giggled — a horrible noise — before setting off for the curtain at the back of the room . |
| 9 | Outside the wicket gate he paused for a moment before setting off along the Backs in the direction of the town centre . |
| 10 | We banged off the last roll of film recording our epic journey of discovery before setting off in the direction of Charles de Gaulle Airport . |
| 11 | There he found a moment of illusory tranquillity with his stepdaughter and her two sons , before setting out on the journey which was to end at Saint Helena . |
| 12 | Harry Taylor , on the left , before setting out for the summit . |
| 13 | The last operating day again just after 15.00 and 61094 has arrived from Leicester and is about to take water before setting back into the north bay . |
| 14 | Apparently from the notes , a certain Fruchtbaum in the Times Literary Supplement has described Charles on setting out on the Beagle voyage in such terms , which is certainly an exaggeration , but I do not know anyone else who has ever subscribed to that opinion . |
| 15 | ‘ Ow , McAllister , that do n't look safe , ’ panted Rose as she wheeled herself and the bike into the road , preparatory to setting off for the buildings . |
| 16 | They grow fast when transferred into trays or pots in the conservatory , greenhouse , cold frame or on a window ledge , prior to setting out in the garden a week or two later . |
| 17 | Erm and it 's a birthday issue and and a quite an important one for setting up for the Euros and the mail action . |
| 18 | We had learned this at the very first lesson of the term — something most of the boys should have remembered from the previous year — when Mr Gillis had belted fourteen of us for setting off towards the door when the bell rang rather than waiting for his instruction . |