Example sentences of "they set [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ( First Edition ) Two senior council officers were suspended on full pay pending an inquiry into a chain of consultancy companies they set up on public health , waste management , food hygiene and urban renewal .
2 They set out on 8 April , stopping first at Prague .
3 They set out on 23 January , Jordan heading straight for Gabes , and Stirling some twelve hours behind , having carried out a recce on the way .
4 They set off at half past five in Charlotte 's car .
5 They set off on 17 January , carried by Captain Hunter 's LRDG patrol and navigated once again by Mike Sadler .
6 As soon as they set off on separate duties , they both visibly relaxed .
7 Right hand gear change , non-synchromesh gearbox and in a very odd posture for driving , they set off for 5 laps in these amazing cars .
8 Eventually , after one false start , when Edward assumed ( wrongly ) that Helen would not come , they set off in late November '95 for a short walk to Wimbledon , followed four days later by a trip to Croydon .
9 and er they set off in hot pursuit .
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