Example sentences of "she set [adv prt] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report says her conversion appears genuine and points to the cabinet-level environment committee she set up to convert the ‘ ungreen and powerful ’ Treasury , transport , and energy ministries , but time was running out . |
| 2 | Joanna 's depression vanished immediately and she set off to do the shopping in high spirits while Sophie , equally elated , went to the surgery . |
| 3 | Rachel was crying now and Annie spoke a few comforting words to her as she set off pushing the pram along the shabby street . |
| 4 | ‘ She said she thought Dick and Joy had forgotten they were to pick her up , so she set off to catch the bus . ’ |
| 5 | She set out to play the world circuit completely on her own , as she had no financial resources and no sponsorship . |
| 6 | Just as bad was the passage of the retinue of Rigunth , as she set out to marry the Visigothic prince Reccared in 584 . |
| 7 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
| 8 | Later , as , with Agnes Diggory 's aid , she set about putting the dressing-room to rights , a new determination began to burgeon in her breast . |
| 9 | She set about preparing the vegetables . |