Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One bright sunny morning recently I set about painting the front of the house with its yearly coat of white paint to smarten it up . |
| 2 | Rachel was crying now and Annie spoke a few comforting words to her as she set off pushing the pram along the shabby street . |
| 3 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 4 | Later , as , with Agnes Diggory 's aid , she set about putting the dressing-room to rights , a new determination began to burgeon in her breast . |
| 5 | She set about preparing the vegetables . |
| 6 | He had discovered a method of intercepting springs , and , using stone to seal his drains , he and others like him set about spreading the gospel of effective underdrainage . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | John Welsby was appointed as the first Director , Provincial , and he set about evaluating the sources of the sector 's costs . |
| 9 | Wasting neither time nor mercy he set about dispersing the riding families . |
| 10 | After many disputes involving privileges and revenues of the See , he set about repairing the buildings in the diocese . |
| 11 | He set about using the time to run a complete check on his detection and recording equipment . |
| 12 | With a trembling hand he set about dialling the telephone number . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He set about reshaping the Canterbury community with great vigour and clarity of aim . |
| 15 | Most importantly , he set about resolving the problem of transporting his troops to the mainland . |
| 16 | Producing a screw driver , he set about updating the display units by inserting new designs and removing discontinued items . |
| 17 | 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 . |