Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 2 | He had a potter about and a chat and decided to set up in the far corner to our left . |
| 3 | ‘ Flaming June ’ , people muttered bitterly amid the cascades of rain , and the thought of the poor men who must be waiting to set out across the choppy Channel in their small boats to fight a bloody battle on the other side made me feel cold and sick . |
| 4 | On a number of occasions , I have been glad to set out for the hon. Member in response to his questions in the House detailed information about the contents of the computer records and how many are held on the system at any one time . |
| 5 | They had been about to set out for the main bridge when he had said : |
| 6 | Henry II had five sons who were suspicious and envious of each other , but three of them died before Henry died in the summer of 1189 , and all his possessions passed to Richard , who had pledged himself to set out for the Holy Land on the Third Crusade . |
| 7 | He was to set out with the three French patrols , drive the hundred-odd miles to the Gabes Gap and pass through it as quickly as possible to create confusion in the enemy rear areas . |
| 8 | If he wanted to reach an object he had to set out in the wrong direction and hope to angle in on it ! |
| 9 | What I have tried to set out in the last few pages is an understanding of ‘ meaning theism ’ which embraces a rather larger area than Ayer allows for . |
| 10 | These are arrived at using criteria set down by the Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers of Local Authorities . |
| 11 | Ewan Murray , the Games council 's chairman , said cost was not a factor in selecting the team , but only 15 athletes achieved the stringent qualifying standards set down by the Scottish Amateur Athletic Associaton — and one , Allister Hutton , is not going to Auckland because he wished to run in the 10,000 metres instead of the marathon , for which he had qualified . |
| 12 | ( In this way they were of course only following the examples set down in the 1820s and '30s by British visitors to America such as Captain Basil Hall or Mrs Frances Trollope. ) ln 1850 the Teetotal Times recorded an ‘ atrocious outrage ’ . |
| 13 | The differences set in with the different ways in which boys and girls may typically ( not ‘ must always ’ ) resolve the Oedipus complex . |
| 14 | After the neighbours and the dinner and the Queen 's speech , depression would set in from the rich food and the gins and tonics . |
| 15 | ‘ I would like to go back now , ’ she announced , and they set off down the grassy path in the scented April darkness , back to The Gantry . |
| 16 | So we set off down the steep easterly flank of the mountain , alongside a spectacular waterfall that incredibly was still partially frozen in June . |
| 17 | In poor physical condition they set off under the blazing sun , marching for fifty minutes and resting for ten . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He examined the gallery , then set off along the left-hand corridor where the men 's bedrooms were . |
| 20 | They set off through the drizzling rain , climbing the steep path up the rock which the monks said was popularly known as Arthur 's Seat . |
| 21 | We set off through the pretty woods and were soon at the base of the remarkably clean , steep granite buttress . |
| 22 | We set off through the lovely village of Stonethwaite and up the steep woodland path towards Great Crag . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She showed me the way to the Burma Road , and I set off up the wooded slope behind the house . |
| 25 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 26 | Set off with the towing Julie 's car and the tow rope just snapped in two , and it jerked both cars and it cut off the fuel . |
| 27 | Refreshed , and filled once again with energy we set off for the second time that day . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There is a coincidence with Osbern 's story , and it may be that Swegen was present in England when tribute was paid in 1012 , and then set off for the Irish Sea ( thus repeating the possible pattern of 994 – 5 ) only to be shipwrecked , perhaps off the Welsh coast . |