Example sentences of "and set to work " in BNC.

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1 She found a spanner and set to work on the bike .
2 Caroline was delighted and set to work transforming her straight , shoulder-length hair into a glamorous new look .
3 After producing the Crowther Report , the Central Advisory Council was reconstituted under the chairmanship of John Newsom and set to work .
4 I took my make-up out of my bag , leaned close to the mirror and set to work on my face .
5 This was very well attended and a committee , with himself as chairman ( a post he held for the next thirty-six years ) , was elected and set to work .
6 When he found himself in charge of a famous school he seized his opportunity and set to work to instil in the offspring of the ruling classes the personally desirable and politically vital sense of sin .
7 Tom had meanwhile dug up his turnips , and set to work hedging , digging ditches and helping out with the other farms , when the extra labour was needed .
8 She fetched her ladder and shears from the garden shed and set to work .
9 Young men of all races , mostly Hispanic , had piled out , and set to work .
10 Our first winner was Debbie Moseley and when Debbie told the guys at Feature You she would like to do modelling but thought she was n't good enough , they decided to prove her wrong and set to work on a dramatic transformation .
11 The best coaches will recognise this and set to work .
12 They were the Ostarbeiters , intelligent and educated , and set to work as labourers , made to wear a badge .
13 He glanced around , then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock .
14 Murdock had found these ideas rather attractive and set to work to build a locomotive model .
15 When they had done her back , they turned her over and set to work on her front .
16 He became quite carried away as with dexterous strokes he carved a particularly exquisite right breast and set to work on the delicate fluting of the ribs .
17 As soon as he was satisfied that all was well , he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass .
18 Minton took him upstairs to his studio , where his portrait of Nevile Wallis was in progress , and set to work on a small canvas .
19 From that moment , I felt I was accepted , and set to work to learn as much as I could , and make as many friends as possible .
20 Just marched in and set to work .
21 She sat down and set to work on the files .
22 He was very quick to observe anything abnormal and set to work to get some explanation …
23 With no waste of time all the equipment was installed and set to work .
24 Chastened , they donned their protective aprons , and set to work in silence .
25 While fitzAlan hefted the grey 's hoof and set to work , she glanced about , absently patting Chalon 's velvety muzzle .
26 The person in charge of product development decided to carry out all the modifications simultaneously ( although not forced to by LIFESPAN ) , made a senior programmer the user associated with the DCs and instructed him to activate the DCs on the main package and set to work .
27 I get back to my office and set to work with the phone .
28 They bought a set of plans , hired space at a boat builders ' yard and set to work .
29 He apologises for the mess and sets to work clearing books and bottles and brochures off the one cracked settee for us to sit on .
30 It was reminiscent of one of those terrifying cases in which a hospital porter appears in court after donning a white coat , insinuating himself into the operating theatre , and setting to work on an appendix .
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