Example sentences of "and [adv] set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 2 | Old Nebbins felt hurt and slowly set off towards . |
| 3 | He carried it home and patiently set about restoring it to full health , hand feeding it for days . |
| 4 | It was quite a disturbing scenario for anyone interested in promoting US rugby and greatly set back our efforts . |
| 5 | Here was this young creature , beautiful and restless , married to a man almost old enough to be her grandfather , and apparently setting out to make the very best of it , too , with no signs of regret or self-pity ; but the prospect of having a girl of her own age in the house , even for a few days , might well matter to her a great deal more than the extension and acceptance of a mere conventional politeness . |
| 6 | The document has been criticized by environmentalists for merely offering suggestions and not setting out proposals for action . |
| 7 | The forelegs , seen from the front , are straight and not set too close together . |
| 8 | Seen from behind , the back legs are straight and not set too close . |
| 9 | Do n't worry , stay calm and just set out to enjoy the experience . |
| 10 | After his experiences photographing there , he found it very difficult to continue the rather dull life of a colonial portraitist , and soon set off again for the strange and exotic land of Siam . |
| 11 | We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January . |
| 12 | Once suitable terms have been settled and , one hopes , clearly and concisely set out in a signed agreement , you will be in a position to give the job your undivided attention , secure in the knowledge that you have created the right conditions for job survival . |
| 13 | His work done , Nation collected his fee and promptly set off in search of other work , as did any other jobbing writer . |
| 14 | Two years later he bought the property ‘ out of love ’ from Verger for £280,000 , and promptly set about a £3m renovation that included a new restaurant , spacious kitchens employing 19 staff and 10 luxury bedroom suites affiliated to Relais et Châteaux . |
| 15 | When William Bradford stepped off the Mayflower he described the North American landscape as a ‘ hideous and desolate wilderness , ’ and promptly set about bringing it to heel just his ancestors had done so successfully throughout Europe . |
| 16 | The sun would still rise and still set regardless of the fact that she would never see him again . |
| 17 | The party crammed back into the lorry and quickly set off again . |
| 18 | Baglin emerged for the second set looking more determined , and quickly set about re-establishing himself in the match . |
| 19 | She sat with her back against the log and busily set about finding the Thermos of water with hands that shook so much that it took every ounce of her control not to spill a drop of the precious liquid as she raised the cup to her lips . |
| 20 | They converted the stables into a gallery and here staged art exhibitions , concerts and lectures , and later set up a printing press . |
| 21 | They had a long discussion on the longevity of seeds and no doubt Kalm delighted in the Dictionary and later set out in his Diary a splendid commendation : |
| 22 | The Cabinet did what it could both to promote talks and also to set up emergency procedures under the Civil Contingency Unit chaired by Merlyn Rees , the beleaguered Home Secretary . |
| 23 | In his new post , he will initiate a graduate course on petroleum policy and economics to complement the Centre 's legal courses , and also set up a new MBA ( oil and gas ) programme , the first of its kind in Scotland . |
| 24 | These rules deal with the requirements of English law as to the actual method of service and also set out the procedure for securing official assistance in the transmission of documents for service overseas . |
| 25 | Edward Knoyle inherited the manor in 1533 , and probably set about building this mullioned and gabled beauty about ten years later around a humble medieval hall . |
| 26 | It is vital that this point is understood by all parties concerned and clearly set out in the terms of engagement letter . |
| 27 | We repair to the kitchen and blithely set off the burglar alarm searching for the cat to cuddle . |
| 28 | Without resources , unable to earn a living , at the mercy of at least two Federal agencies determined to silence him by one means or another , and now set up as a government-approved target for any stray kook or fanatic , Coleman had to find a more defensible position . |
| 29 | Voting rights in local elections for nationals of all Community Member States , wider powers for the Court of Auditors , clearer duties on Member States to fight fraud against the Community budget and progress towards a single currency are all examples of matters supported by the Select Committee over the last few years and now set out in the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 30 | The Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth , chaired by Lord Diamond and originally set up by the Wilson government in 1974 to appease the unions over a wealth tax , made a series of oracular judgements which confirmed the progress which was generally assumed . |