Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set out with a more or less religious belief in a Platonic , eternal world , in which mathematics shares with a beauty , shines , I 'm sorry , with a beauty of that of the last cantos of the Paradiso . ’ |
| 2 | With the youngest of her three children now at nursery school near their home in Somerset , Helen works part-time in the business she set up with a friend , organising helium balloon decorations for parties and weddings . |
| 3 | The room was silent as she scrabbled in her box of pieces and , from the very bottom , produced a couple that she set down on the board with two decisive clicks . |
| 4 | She got up at night and she set off towards the city all by herself , travelling through the forest . |
| 5 | She set off towards the junction to the left . |
| 6 | She was aware that he stood watching her as she set off towards the exit . |
| 7 | She caused a great army to be collected , and she set off at the head of the army to punish Oleg Ban . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | There was a new sense of purpose in her step as she set off for the ‘ speeder . |
| 10 | She set off for the second floor , but there was no police officer there . |
| 11 | She set off up the scarp , using juts and ledges as a diagonal staircase to take her on a course that would bring her close to Johannsen when they both reached the top of the incline . |
| 12 | Then she set off across the shimmering grass , towards the dank , smelly , but mercifully cool ‘ Ladies ’ . |
| 13 | With no further words , she set off across the wide lawns of the De Belving gardens , scattering a couple of sleepy peacocks as she went . |
| 14 | She set off across the rough turf towards the low hill brow ahead . |
| 15 | She set off down the slope , forcing herself not to run , telling herself again and again that it was all right ; that her fears were unfounded . |
| 16 | Throwing it over her shoulder , she set off down the aisle , the two men close behind her . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She set off round the perimeter of the vast doorway , looking for anything that resembled a control panel . |
| 19 | She set off round the tower , with him in playful pursuit . |
| 20 | She set out for the cemetery where both her parents were buried . |
| 21 | Flavia was working ; the long days in the tower were intact , only in the evening she set out for the house on the other bay ; the difficult hour at the cafe was cut , even writing became bearable . |
| 22 | She had slammed the door as she set out for the Dallam wedding , leaving Odette in tears . |
| 23 | Undaunted by the rain , she set out along the causeway , feeling like a princess in a fairy-tale about to join her prince . |
| 24 | Er we set up on a regional basis er er Robert talked to you a couple of months ago about the initiatives that he 's taking from our and that again is a very much of a cross practice initiative er which is drawing on all the skills that we 've got within the with within the office penetrate the middle market sector and we are going to er specifically use er our grounds expertise and er computer audit expertise as a product which we saw would be attractive to these er these sort of companies . |
| 25 | Well we set out with the good intention of taking her for a long walk this morning but er we changed our mind did n't we ? |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | but we , we set off in a big building , well a building about four times the size of this these houses and it was all sheet steel wrapped in polythene packages |
| 28 | Cos Michael started it , he said we 're never said anything when we set off in the car , and then he said that he 'd had this fax from me and er Andrew said , well it was n't actually from , er , from me to the , it was fetched up to me and I sent it in the office . |
| 29 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 30 | Prince Adam promptly donated the entire museum to a foundation which he set up for the purpose , to which he also ceded all his rights to his pre-war estates and property . |