Example sentences of "and set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would expect to learn of the success of the Tay landings , and to set off on the seven miles that would take them to the central strongholds of Alba , already besieged by their fellows . |
| 2 | But if not that , then many critics would like to be dictators of literature , to regulate the past , and to set out with quiet authority the future direction of the art . |
| 3 | Ossie and Tito steal him back and set off for the wild reaches of western Ireland with Byrne , Kelly and their friend Kathleen ( Barkin ) in hot pursuit . |
| 4 | No I mean she she she , she wanted to try and set up on her own . |
| 5 | One of the spoke machines from the Road Vehicle Shop was adapted ; cutter block was quickly made and set up by the tool-room , but two dimensions could not be attained in this process . |
| 6 | He rolls up his sleeves and sets in on the dishes that I have eaten from over the course of the day . |
| 7 | In pursuit of these , Mopsus proposes marriage to a fine lady and is beaten by her servants ; he steals his father 's rent money and sets out for London where he is robbed by a prostitute and thrown into gaol ; his father sends more money which he uses to bribe the gaoler ; he is tricked into marrying an aristocrat 's mistress who promptly gives birth ; the woman leaves and the baby dies ; the prodigal returns to his father . |
| 8 | A man stranded on a desert island builds a rowing boat and sets out for the nearest land . |
| 9 | Once more Joseph is obedient and sets out for his own country . |
| 10 | In the end the woman chooses to renounce both men and sets out on her own path . |
| 11 | Doodle , a funny little insect thing , is determined to rescue the fair maiden and sets out with only a set of pencils to his name . |
| 12 | But woe betide any minister who does not possess a country seat and sets off across the Channel to ‘ abroad ’ . |
| 13 | This one is n't a novel , but a personal travelogue whose scenario can be summed-up thus : successful , celebrated author buys an old biplane and sets off across America to recreate the old barnstorming days while rediscovering himself and his country and … |
| 14 | THREE or four times a month a Royal Bank lorry laden with 4 tonnes of waste paper pulls out of Drummond House and sets off for a paper mill in Fife . |
| 15 | ‘ When Brad escapes from the Nebulan experiment lab and sets off with Cord and Tara to immobilize the directed-energy scythe on the Xerxian attack ship — where 's Chelsi ? ’ |
| 16 | Enhancement of visitor facilities and setting up of major displays . |
| 17 | I still believe that that someone is to come by the name of David and setting up of God 's kingdom but but |
| 18 | She writes : ‘ The continued running of such a business is much less satisfying than the creation and setting up of it ’ , so now that it is sold her next challenge is the restoration of an ‘ old Montgomeryshire half-timbered gentleman 's residence and its apothecary 's herb-garden , dating from 1720 … |
| 19 | He was actually in on the design and setting up of this hospital when Ocean Empress was still in the commissioning stage a few years back . |
| 20 | ‘ It would be another tragedy for the able child from the non-affluent home , but there are several places where parents will favour abandoning the state sector and setting up as economical day schools . ’ |
| 21 | The Buddha of Suburbia is about filling that vacuum , which Karim 's father does by leaving his wife for his single-breasted girlfriend and setting up as a Bromley guru , or escaping from it , which Karim himself does by moving north of the river in search of new mainly sexual , experience . |
| 22 | The largest intact building , erected beside the small church , was occupied by three resident monks , a lay servant , and a group of men from Berwick , who , under the supervision of a black-robed clerk , were carrying out and setting up before the building a trestle table with a stool for each end , and a couple of benches . |
| 23 | any motor vehicle standing on a part of a road specially set aside for the parking of vehicles , or as a stand for hackney carriages , or as a stand for public service vehicles , or as a place at which such vehicles may stop for a longer time than is necessary for the taking up and setting down of passengers where compliance with this regulation would conflict with the provisions of any order , regulations or byelaws governing the use of such part of a road for that purpose ; |
| 24 | There was time only to grab a piece of burnt toast before jumping into her car and setting off for London . |
| 25 | It 's dependent on the purposeful pulling of triggers and setting off of bombs . |
| 26 | Some demolition of property and setting back of frontages was completed , but by no means as much as provided for in the Act . |
| 27 | It eventually showed fishermen preparing and setting out on a peaceful evening for a night 's work ; while they are at sea , a storm blows up . |
| 28 | Choice pears masked with chocolate sauce and cream , beautiful fresh peaches smothered in raspberry purée and set around with vanilla ice seem to me offences to nature , let alone to art or basic principles . |
| 29 | The final meeting took place on Nov. 21 in Havana , Cuba , of the Joint Monitoring Commission ( JMC ) on south western Africa , comprising representatives from Angola , Cuba , Namibia , and South Africa and set up under the Brazzaville Protocol of Dec. 13 , 1988 [ see p. 36380 ] to oversee the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 435/78 , on Namibian independence and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola . |
| 30 | Since 1986 Rytasha has broken away from her guru and set up on her own with a charity called Food Relief International , which raises money from the fiercely competitive matrons of Palm Beach and distributes it to the starving people of Bangladesh . |