Example sentences of "[noun] sets [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are a lovey-dovey couple , much given , for reasons that remain obscure , to roguishly gagging each other with bits of masking tape , but tension sets in with the arrival of Clara 's best friend Lillibet from America . |
| 2 | Camus sets off into the night . |
| 3 | LET'S GO surfing now — John Milius ’ most successful movie sets out on the ocean wave of West Coast surfing culture following the metamorphosis of three macho beach bums during the '60s decade of lost innocence , alcoholism , the draft and the mythic rites played out on the ocean wave . |
| 4 | of course , if the vacancy requirements fluctuate as well , as is the case with contractors , a kind of see-saw effect sets in with the recruitment team oscillating between periods of intense activity and chaos on the one hand , and having nothing to do on the other hand . |
| 5 | Lots of fun and excitement as Henry 's Cat sets off on a trip to Treasure Island |
| 6 | Katie sets out on the trail of the kidnappers and her song for Ben becomes the means to save his life . |
| 7 | One person sets off across the pool facing away from the children and says ‘ What 's the time Mr Shark ’ ? |
| 8 | A party of people sets out on a journey with all its different components like the jumbled up pieces of a jigsaw puzzle , Sophia thought , waiting for something — some event or just the passing of time — to fit them together into a whole . |
| 9 | As a male sets out along a branch , he leans over sideways , lifts one of his back legs and carefully expels a few drops of urine on to the sole of his foot . |
| 10 | The text sets out from the premiss that the beneficiary of the trust ought to obtain the actual land ( rather than its value ) ; the question therefore is who ought to pay off the creditor to whom the land is presently pledged . |
| 11 | Not that T. Behrens sets up as a psychologist . |
| 12 | A group of British cyclists sets off in the heart of Brussels . |
| 13 | A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first . |
| 14 | And so if one of my colleagues sets out on a reform designed to get better value for money and a more effective health service , I 'm going to support him . |
| 15 | THE Queen 's racehorse trainer Lord Huntingdon sets off in a horsebox for Bosnia today to deliver supplies to an isolated village . |