Example sentences of "he set [adv prt] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He followed this with a traditional French bakery in Oxford while he set about converting a 15th century Cotswold manor house into Le Manoir , which opened in 1984 and has since become one of Britain 's most exclusive restaurants . |
| 2 | Because of this discomfort he set about developing an air-cushioned sole with his engineer friend Herbert Funck . |
| 3 | It was on this basis that he set about creating a new monastic life with all the force and organizational ability which he possessed . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | John Welsby was appointed as the first Director , Provincial , and he set about evaluating the sources of the sector 's costs . |
| 6 | Wasting neither time nor mercy he set about dispersing the riding families . |
| 7 | After many disputes involving privileges and revenues of the See , he set about repairing the buildings in the diocese . |
| 8 | He set about using the time to run a complete check on his detection and recording equipment . |
| 9 | I asked Rooney how he set about completing a picture . |
| 10 | With a trembling hand he set about dialling the telephone number . |
| 11 | By August , Crawford was well established in Dunedin , having found board in the seaside suburb of St Clair , and he set about grooming a training squad from which the Otago team for the coming season would be selected . |
| 12 | Their personal contact goes back to June 1991 , when Yeltsin , newly elected Russian president but under threat from the Soviet army and KGB , was seeking the support of reliable elements as he set about forming a government . |
| 13 | To Escoffier the disadvantage of the bottled purée was that it could only be used for sauces , so he set about evolving a method which would ensure a supply of crushed tomatoes — by which he meant tomates concassées — for any dish which required them whenever the fresh fruit was unobtainable . |
| 14 | I asked Blamey how he set about painting a portrait . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He set about reshaping the Canterbury community with great vigour and clarity of aim . |
| 17 | Most importantly , he set about resolving the problem of transporting his troops to the mainland . |
| 18 | Producing a screw driver , he set about updating the display units by inserting new designs and removing discontinued items . |
| 19 | 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 . |