Example sentences of "he set [adv prt] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , studying changes over time , he set out to test the main conclusions derived from cross-sectional studies . |
| 2 | She was Tim 's first choice when he set out to find the perfect engagement ring for the woman he loved . |
| 3 | When Eligius became bishop of Noyon in 641 he set out to find the bones of the martyr Quentin . |
| 4 | With John Hanning Speke he set out to discover the source of the Nile . |
| 5 | He hardly even noticed the complaints of the people that he shouldered aside , or from the cars that were forced to stop as he set out to cross the street . |
| 6 | More important , he set about gathering the Wordsworths into the Quantock fold , hastening a visit which must in any case have been intended for the near future . |
| 7 | John Welsby was appointed as the first Director , Provincial , and he set about evaluating the sources of the sector 's costs . |
| 8 | Wasting neither time nor mercy he set about dispersing the riding families . |
| 9 | After many disputes involving privileges and revenues of the See , he set about repairing the buildings in the diocese . |
| 10 | He set about using the time to run a complete check on his detection and recording equipment . |
| 11 | With a trembling hand he set about dialling the telephone number . |
| 12 | With the same energy which had prompted him in his surveying , he set about recording the topography of the Lake District , from early morning till dusk . |
| 13 | He set about reshaping the Canterbury community with great vigour and clarity of aim . |
| 14 | Most importantly , he set about resolving the problem of transporting his troops to the mainland . |
| 15 | He sounded people out and found the responses favourable , so he set about to prepare the finest survey to have been carried out on Manchester up to that time and indeed up to the time of Charles Roeder 's article , late in the 19th century . |
| 16 | Producing a screw driver , he set about updating the display units by inserting new designs and removing discontinued items . |
| 17 | No sooner was he back amongst his own patients than he set about exchanging the dressings applied by Dr McNab , even though they were in most cases identical to his own . |