Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expressing a desire to see the world first , he set off to spend a year teaching elementary mathematics in Kenya . |
| 2 | Rivers was warmly received by the dukes , but was arrested early the next morning before the party set off to join the prince . |
| 3 | Rivers was warmly received by the dukes , but was arrested early the next morning before the party set off to join the prince . |
| 4 | The hardest job of the ‘ Northern Lights Festival ’ on Radio 4 fell to Kaleidoscope in Greenland , where Paul Allen set off to examine the arts scene , heaven help him . |
| 5 | He subsequently set off to explore the county on foot as far as Lands End and his notes show that his book , had it been written , would have contained some far-fetched fantasies — as well as straight inaccuracies . |
| 6 | She finished her coffee , and set off to explore the town . |
| 7 | Joanna 's depression vanished immediately and she set off to do the shopping in high spirits while Sophie , equally elated , went to the surgery . |
| 8 | So the arrival at the Grand Quay of that famous pirate ship the ‘ Black Pig ’ caused no excitement , and Captain Pugwash , the Mate , Barnabas , Willy and Tom the cabin boy attracted little attention as they stepped down the gangplank and set off to view the sights of the town . |
| 9 | Rachel was crying now and Annie spoke a few comforting words to her as she set off pushing the pram along the shabby street . |
| 10 | She set off to walk a mile to the mountain cable car on Wednesday . |
| 11 | Shelley made up her mind , and set off to walk the quarter of a mile . |
| 12 | We tricoteuses of the press who set off to crisscross the country with Mr Major in his campaign plane and bus , many packed lunches ago , accompanied a diffident , decent figure presented in a soft-sell promotional film as a man with whom ordinary people could identify . |
| 13 | Pausing a moment to work out the best route , the Doctor set off to find a stair leading down . |
| 14 | She set off to find a lift . |
| 15 | Armed with a lamp , Dyson set off to check the connection . |
| 16 | He immediately set off to hand the purse and its contents into the Clansford club office and there he found a distressed but very grateful Mrs Edie Moon ( 82 ) , Clansford 's oldest supporter . |
| 17 | He ordered Sergeant Yates to take the bulk of the party to the rendezvous , while he himself set off to reconnoitre the escarpment with Sergeant Tait . |
| 18 | ‘ She said she thought Dick and Joy had forgotten they were to pick her up , so she set off to catch the bus . ’ |
| 19 | A system of self-regulatory organisations ( SROs ) was set up under the auspices of the DTI and the Securities and Investments Board , the latter set up to authorise the SROs and oversee their operations . |
| 20 | And the plants that Thorn-EMI set up to press the discs will remain in mothballs . |
| 21 | Because they have so much trouble finding beds in London hospitals , they 've got this little company set up to do the job for the doctors , so there is no way in the world that I can believe there 's a shortage of beds . |
| 22 | The scheme has run into some difficulties in finding both sites and sponsors , although the City Technology Colleges Trust , set up to promote the scheme , claims that the programme is on course to meet its target . |
| 23 | The ‘ substantial case ’ for compensation was underlined yesterday by the local authority co-ordinating committee set up to represent the interest of councils which lost money . |
| 24 | The players will form part of a six man committee set up to oversee the Subscription Scheme which chairman Wallace Mercer hopes will entice fans to help pay for the renovations . |
| 25 | A special steering group set up to examine the idea has chosen Citigen , a joint venture between British Gas and two French energy management companies , from six tenders for the system . |
| 26 | Claiming that Zimbabweans in Mozambican uniforms were operating in 52 other places ( in seven of Mozambique 's 11 provinces ) , the MNR complained of an alleged lack of impartiality on the part of the international Joint Verification Commission ( JVC ) set up to monitor the Rome agreement . |
| 27 | Across the table sat the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits ( ARATS ) , a Beijing front organisation set up to give the SEF a liaison partner . |
| 28 | This is despite the near completion of a £70,000 five year project set up to save the paths . |
| 29 | Most countries have systems of government that are relatively modern creations , either designed after cataclysmic political events which required the setting up of entirely new institutions , or set up to meet the needs of newly created or newly independent states . |
| 30 | The Renewable Energy Advisory Group , set up to advise the government , has recommended that Britain aim to produce 1,500 megawatts of energy from renewable sources by the year 2000 . |