Example sentences of "[adv] set [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held . |
| 2 | Yet at the time , he admits , he saw it merely as a way to travel , learn the ropes and then set up in business on his own account . |
| 3 | We then set out for Muscat , but with nightfall approaching , we landed in Abu Dhabi . |
| 4 | With a sinking heart she arranged for her things to come up by an outside porter , and then set off for home . |
| 5 | The Mozarts then set off for Mannheim , which , under the music-loving Elector Carl Theodor , had one of the finest orchestras in Europe ; and since 1742 the Electoral palace had also included an opera house in the west wing . |
| 6 | The Squadron had originated as the idea of a New Englander , Norman Prince , who had learned to fly in Massachusetts in 1914 , and then set off to France with the intention of forming a unit for American volunteer flyers . |
| 7 | Miss Logan made indeterminate gestures to the priest , then set off in pursuit of her employer . |
| 8 | The design works best in performance , where she favours the creation of something akin to the surround-sound sometimes set up in cinemas . |