Example sentences of "set [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must have been sick and tired of my harping about gay rights , but by the time I had decided to move to London in order to set up home with the man of my dreams , my workmates organized a leaving party which was a touching celebration of the relationship between Keith and myself . |
| 2 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 3 | He hit the roof when the pair left to set up home in a bedsit . |
| 4 | A bird which was once a common sight along Britains riverbanks has been tempted to set up home in a sanctuary . |
| 5 | It is therefore sensible to set out fully in the lease , for the purpose of clarification , the rights to be granted in order to try to avoid subsequent disputes . |
| 6 | Contemporary with the alterations to the main east-west road , at least one or perhaps two possible public buildings were constructed immediately to the south on Sites 1 and 2 , each with a frontage carried on four columns and set so close to the road that the new roadside drains had to be diverted . |
| 7 | So they packed up some pears and pineapples — set off well before the light hours |
| 8 | ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet . |
| 9 | They set off again at a stately pace . |
| 10 | We set off again along the gravel paths . |
| 11 | The three men set off again in the Sunbeam , touring the stores of Ruislip and Eastcote , making purchases with their newly acquired Barclaycard . |
| 12 | TWO Britons set off yesterday on the first trans-atlantic hot-air balloon race . |
| 13 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm surprised you did n't set up somewhere in a city , ’ she went on , tearing her glance from his face . |
| 15 | Did they set up again under a different name ? |
| 16 | Zambia had not seen Alix for months , ever since she 'd set up home with the kid with prosthetic limbs who claimed his disfigurement was due to a variety of fantasies , all of which were subject to detail change , and none of which ever sounded convincing . |
| 17 | At the time Mr Justice Macpherson said the decision of the Merseyside police authority chairman , Mr George Brundred , and his deputy , Mr Harry Rimmer , leader of Liverpool City Council , to delegate her case to a committee they set up expressly for the purpose ‘ had the smell of unfairness about it ’ . |
| 18 | Parents tried to help their children set up home with the aid of a ‘ marriage portion ’ , but most couples had to rely mainly on their own savings . |
| 19 | Many set up home across the south , beginning lives again from scratch . |
| 20 | Why not just leave — set up home in a more tolerant spiritual pew ? |
| 21 | It was a cold , bright morning when we set out cheerfully down the river . |
| 22 | It was mid-morning when we set out nervously along the coast road on the first two-wheeled motor I had ridden for 20 years . |
| 23 | Having dealt with the general principles of the UCTA it is now possible to analyse its effect in detail on various contractual relationships using as a framework the definitions and different combinations of the factors set out above in the section devoted to the basic rationale of the UCTA . |
| 24 | In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country . |
| 25 | Set furthest away from the road is the house . |
| 26 | " Hotel " is defined by s.139(1) as meaning ( a ) in towns and suburbs a house containing at least four apartments set apart exclusively for the sleeping accommodation of travellers , and ( b ) in rural districts and places of a population of less than 1,000 according to the most recent census a house containing two such apartments . |
| 27 | There seem to be no discoverable rules about the shape of market places , why some take the form of a large open square — often set rather apart from the main flow of traffic — and some a swelling , a sort of aneurism , in the main artery of trade . |
| 28 | His eyes , blue-green , were set widely apart on a face which was defining itself rapidly now as unforgettable . |
| 29 | Instead , the siege mentality towards the accompanying press party , that has wrecked morale on previous tours , notably the 1986 trip to the West Indies , has set in again with a vengeance . |
| 30 | Though Came , with its moderate , manor house proportions , may seem on the small side to be set so grandly in a park , Sir John Damer certainly did n't skimp on employing the very best craftsmen in all London . |