Example sentences of "and [pers pn] set [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | She taught me the basics : casting-on , how to knit and pearl , and I set to work . |
2 | A 1:50,000 flat sheet map of the area was quickly acquired and I set to work scouring the area for my standard size circles , using Gresford All Saints as a perimeter marker . |
3 | From the foregoing work that Tim Grant and I set in motion I believe that we have gained certain value . |
4 | He agreed , and she set to work . |
5 | Meanwhile , having appealed to Leavis , we received from him almost by return a literary essay , and we set to work to write our own pieces . |
6 | I fetched the glasses , broke the seal and we set to . |
7 | ‘ Apple pie , ’ he said , and they set to work . |
8 | First , most clients tell the solicitor what they want and he sets about getting it for them . |
9 | She gave him the bacon and eggs and he set to ravenously . |
10 | One day he noticed that a mutation of this rose , pink in colour , ad emerged naturally , and he set to work to make sure it did not revert — and succeeded . |
11 | It was a great relief to him when she stumbled in through the door in a flurry of snow and he set to and made a cup of tea to warm her . |