Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amazingly , we arrived unscathed in Wenceslas Square and I set off to find the Čedok offices to arrange accommodation . |
| 2 | Causation or some of it might have come to an end just when I set out to snuff the candles , or never existed . |
| 3 | In my early career , I set out to meet the demands of my peers and fulfil the necessary qualifications for assessment as a ‘ real polis ’ ; although there were few opportunities to flirt with any real forms of marginality ! |
| 4 | It is urging me on over the years bidding me neglect those that were without Cathenne , where as I set out to tell the story of my life , the dull with the bright , the gray with the green , all the Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays of it at least sufficiently to suggest them . |
| 5 | In 1980 I set out to change the face of political presentation in the UK and to use some of these new concepts and techniques in business and industry as well . |
| 6 | ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself . |
| 7 | S I set about answering the query for myself . |
| 8 | We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing . |
| 9 | So it was not until we set out to explore the headland of Snaefellsness that we encountered sea-birds in any numbers . |
| 10 | If we set out to design the worst possible pelvis we could end up with something like a Friesian , Charolais or Belgian Blue cow . |
| 11 | Whether our interest is practical or theoretical , whether we set out to provide the ‘ correct ’ treatment for children of various ages or whether we wish to understand the processes underlying their behaviour , we must describe and experiment systematically and objectively in order to arrive at worthwhile conclusions . |
| 12 | So we set out to find the truth behind the mystery — and discovered a woman who forged a dazzling career with precision and determination . |
| 13 | We set out to win that Cambridgeshire and we set out to win the two races at Haydock which came before today , ’ he smiled . |
| 14 | ‘ We set out to pay the last mournful duties through a road almost impassable with snow which continued to fall with a boisterous wind which blew it into immense drifts . |
| 15 | From this perspective , we set out to discover the plot of the social drama which the members of a particular community are in effect engaged in presenting , the parts or ‘ roles ’ that its members assume , and their mutual interaction as the play proceeds . |
| 16 | This helped my Group when we set about persuading the teaching profession , represented mainly by the National Association of Teachers of English , to accept our recommendations . |
| 17 | The introduction and the section on " small group work " in Chapter 3 shows how we set about planning the early stages of a drama lesson . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , with the sweet taste of victory over bureaucracy in our mouths , we set about disbanding the old Amateur Radio Association , relinquishing the amateur call letters 1OAB , and organizing a commercial company , CHAB , Limited . |
| 19 | When we set about designing the new Apex , there was one particular feature around which the cooker was to be built … you . |
| 20 | One morning we set off to find the primal mound where the world began . |
| 21 | The following day we set off to walk the Clear Creek trail which winds along the Colorado river , following a high gritstone outcrop about 1,640′ above it . |
| 22 | As our plans only allowed for one day on Mykines , we made the hølmur our main target , and after leaving our things in the empty house in which we had arranged to spend the night , we set off to follow the steep cliff path which leads to the bridge . |
| 23 | It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots . |
| 24 | They set out to create the conditions where two hydrogen nuclei ( ‘ protons ’ ) could get close to each other , collide and join to make a nucleus of helium . |
| 25 | They set out to discover the names and fiefs of all lords and knights resident within the county , their liege lords , and the services each owed to the count . |
| 26 | Regression techniques , because they set out to make the squared distances of the residuals from the line as small as possible , can be unduly influenced by a few exceptional data points . |
| 27 | After these experiences they set out to rebuild the prison system , from the perspective of prisoners turned gaolers . |
| 28 | The news of the school uplift reached the two shopping in Kirkwall before they set out to travel the twenty miles or so back home . |
| 29 | They bought the scrap Herald for just £25 and salvaged the chassis , engine , gearbox and axles. then , using plans bought from a man in Sheffield , they set out to build the bodywork from plywood and aluminium . |
| 30 | They set about loosening the ropes just enough for them to be able to reach the knot once Graham gave the signal . |