Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv prt] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll never moan about hard work again , Jacko , ’ I lied as I set off to make a packed audience laugh like drains , with a face the colour of one and stomach that sounded like one . |
| 2 | I ca n't say I set out to do a ‘ cut and sew ’ jacket . |
| 3 | In my early years , I set out to find a roster of acts who I would represent . |
| 4 | This time with a light plastic bag containing nothing more than a sketchpad and a book ( Sleeman 's Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official ) I set out to have a look at Roscommon Town . |
| 5 | So I set out to have a go at the Station side , but it just happened that there was also a scratch side called the C.N. Lowe 15 . |
| 6 | Robson said : ‘ At the start of every season you set out to win a trophy . |
| 7 | If you set out to buy a telescope , take great care . |
| 8 | If you set out to buy a pair of binoculars , and decide to test them , look at the Moon by all means , but never , on any account , point them anywhere near the Sun . |
| 9 | After arrival at the capital of Reykjavik we watched in some trepidation as our heavily laden Landrover was swung out on a derrick and deposited on the quay , but all went well and as soon as we had cleared customs we set out to take a look at this bright little capital city . |
| 10 | Millions of pounds spent on satellite technology is wasted when people like me ignore Michael Fish yelling on television from behind some sandbags , ‘ For God 's sake take cover ! ’ as we set off to claim a Munro with a song in our hearts . |
| 11 | Armed with this hypothesis , they set out to find a convenient way of reducing carbon monoxide that might avoid the expensive catalysts and energy intensive conditions of Fischer-Tropsch chemistry — an industrial process that converts carbon monoxide and hydrogen synthesis gas to mixtures of organic compounds . |
| 12 | As they set off to cross a bridge already cordoned off as a prohibited area , the police hurriedly re-formed in front of them . |