Example sentences of "as [pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I set out on that Christmas afternoon , I planned to learn as I went along . |
| 2 | But it passed , quicker than any marsh fever , as I set out on my journey to Berlin — and was replaced by emotion , by the accession of innumerable sensitivities , not without their pivotal elements of pain . |
| 3 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |
| 4 | ‘ Watch out ! ’ you yelled as I set off on holiday . |
| 5 | The skies had darkened ominously as she set out on her journey to the coast , but she was not unduly concerned about the dismal weather . |
| 6 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 7 | ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’ |
| 8 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 9 | This time Sausage accompanied her , and as she set off with the the two small boys and their three dogs , Korah , Dathan and Abiram , she reflected that they must look rather like a circus . |
| 10 | THE husband of Julie Godwin told last night how he kissed her goodbye as she set off on her fateful holiday to South Africa . |
| 11 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
| 12 | Every male from the neighbouring estancias , except Luke , who was off moving the cattle , seemed to be gathered round the paddock to watch her as she set off in the milky , misty morning light towards a row of poplar trees . |
| 13 | As we set out in the truck which was going to take us the eight miles to Oakington , I was conscious that for once I was really looking my absolute best . |
| 14 | There was nothing more to see in Main Street except the eternal fascination of boats bobbing in water as we set off past the ship 's chandler — and behind , as casually as an oak or a beech tree in England , dozens of the orange trees which had given the town of Anani its name . |
| 15 | and eventually hauled me aboard as we set off for Blackpool . |
| 16 | The night was dark as we set off in file through the trees after checking our weapons . |
| 17 | And as we set out in the management letter , it 's a requirement of the audit commissioners code of practice , as we do report to areas of all the authorities that we deal with on an annual basis . |
| 18 | Mr Deputy Speaker , as the honourable members knows , our S S A calculations are on slightly different basis from England as we set out in this report and we do believe that local authorities should have the maximum flexibility to make their own decisions and it is therefore a matter for local debate . |
| 19 | Dick Hobbs ( 1988 ) lived with thieves and detectives as they set out to ‘ do the business ’ , and perhaps one of the most effective pieces of participant observation in recent times has been the four-volume Policy Studies Institute work on the police in London ( 1983 ) . |
| 20 | As we pray this prayer we join with those generous young men as they set out on their missionary journeys . |
| 21 | So they follow their pseudo-parents as they set off for the village shops , until they feel themselves getting too far from the ‘ nest ’ , and then break off to return to safety . |
| 22 | Louise kept up a flow of bright chatter as they set off for Wigmore Street . |
| 23 | Maggie was not cheerful as they set off for Granada . |
| 24 | SIXTH formers are perfecting their accents as they set off for work in the French town of Dunkirk . |
| 25 | As soon as they set off on separate duties , they both visibly relaxed . |
| 26 | In the women 's competition , the Long Road squad , led by Norfolk 's top two county players Amanda Brown and Judy Rich , were favourites to win the national title for indoor tennis clubs — and they soon showed why , as they set off on their victory trail with a quick dismissal of Queen 's in the opening doubles rubber of the semi-final . |
| 27 | The lights of Soufrière twinkled a long way off as they set off into the black , and headed north for Marigot Bay . |
| 28 | As they set off across their territory in the darkness to look for prey , they leave pungent signposts . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Not that I had any doubts on the score , ’ Penry assured her as they set off towards Haverfordwest . |