Example sentences of "be set [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Guv'nor says you 're to set off on the side nearest him , ’ Bob said briefly . |
2 | Simone 's Studios command fantastic views of the coastline of mainland Greece and Albania , as they 're set up on a small hill looking out over the bay of Benitses . |
3 | Or suppose you 're setting off on a driving tour of Spain and you do n't speak the language . |
4 | There is evidence that the present east gable is a replacement , made very soon , for another , likewise with a battle , which seems then to have been set up on a base in the sanctuary , its centre akroterion also . |
5 | This particular perversion , I notice , like every other , has been set up on a professional basis in go-getting New York . |
6 | Even afterwards at Four Winds , where a marquee had been set up on the lawn , and the guests mingled , Merrill still saw the affair as a disjointed series of impressions . |
7 | turnpikes or toll-bars have been set up on the several great roads of England , beginning at London , and proceeding thro' almost all those dirty deep roads , in the midland counties especially ; at which turnpikes all carriages , droves of cattle , and travellers on horseback are obliged to pay an easy toll … in no place is it thought a burthen … the benefit of a good road abundantly making amends . |
8 | I did Hope that Lord Nelson who was staying at Raby might come down to partake of the fayre which had been set out on a Royal Oak table decorated with a huge Wheatsheaf , Blue Bells and a small Green Tree that looked very much like Three Tuns . |
9 | Most of the books that had been set out on the last delivery had gone , and now more volumes were being added . |
10 | The terms and conditions of the policy are set out on the Certificate of Insurance . |
11 | Details of the amounts due to be billed and the properties concerned are set out on the attached sheet for your information . |
12 | The press played down these reverses , and they paled into insignificance when in spring 1943 word spread that a prisoner of-war camp was going to be set up on the outskirts of Fontanellato . |
13 | Models enable complex relationships to be set up on the computer in numerical form rather than in the form of subjective statements . |
14 | I have founded my judgment upon the grounds which I have already expressed , but I do not wish to be understood as thereby negativing the proposition that a defence might be set up on the alternative basis mentioned by Willes J. In my opinion this appeal should be allowed . |
15 | It is rumoured that an oil rig is to be set up on the local water meadows . |
16 | In theory , a limited partnership could be set up on the retirement of a working partner , where the continuing partners experience difficulty in acquiring the outgoing partner 's share by an immediate cash payment . |
17 | It was hoped that a small part of those works could stay in operation , renovating locomotives and rolling stock and that eventually a heritage museum could be set up on the site . |
18 | The main finishing dais will be set up on the cobbled William Brown Street . |
19 | He was aware that they could be setting out on a wild-goose chase , but he had to believe that they were n't . |
20 | And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row . |
21 | Notice boards were set up on the College house , and at the corner of the road . |
22 | Having established that they had no signs of any fatigue cracks on the rear spar chord , the left and right stabilisers from two different aircraft were set up on the test rig . |
23 | Many new shipping companies formed in the late 1800's were set up on the strength of the coal markets . |
24 | The sound of a glass being set down on a table , then a door closing . |
25 | For , all in the instant of his book and glass being set down on a nearby table ‘ You 're afraid of me , Fabia ? ’ he demanded to know in a straightforward , no nonsense manner . |
26 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
27 | MOST of Europe 's unmarried royals are setting off on a cruise on Norway 's fjords next week , giving hopes for at least one blue-blooded romance . |
28 | She is one of three Guinness people who are setting off on the Raleigh scheme next year — the other two work at Guinness Ireland and at head office in Portman Square . |
29 | hello there … today we 've come east to the far east for our Central South sport … we 're in Nepal with some local pioneers who are setting off on the first ever Kathmandu marathon … before we run we have join our football parade … |
30 | For an artist to travel is to set out on a visual adventure which may or may not end in fulfilment . |