Example sentences of "set [adv] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contemporary with the alterations to the main east-west road , at least one or perhaps two possible public buildings were constructed immediately to the south on Sites 1 and 2 , each with a frontage carried on four columns and set so close to the road that the new roadside drains had to be diverted . |
| 2 | So they packed up some pears and pineapples — set off well before the light hours |
| 3 | ‘ There 'll be scent enough today , ’ she said as they set off again for the meet . |
| 4 | We set off again along the gravel paths . |
| 5 | The three men set off again in the Sunbeam , touring the stores of Ruislip and Eastcote , making purchases with their newly acquired Barclaycard . |
| 6 | TWO Britons set off yesterday on the first trans-atlantic hot-air balloon race . |
| 7 | They set off together in the small car , Rose 's girlish smiles and waves only accentuating the picture of the happy couple going on a whole day 's outing alone together . |
| 8 | At the time Mr Justice Macpherson said the decision of the Merseyside police authority chairman , Mr George Brundred , and his deputy , Mr Harry Rimmer , leader of Liverpool City Council , to delegate her case to a committee they set up expressly for the purpose ‘ had the smell of unfairness about it ’ . |
| 9 | Parents tried to help their children set up home with the aid of a ‘ marriage portion ’ , but most couples had to rely mainly on their own savings . |
| 10 | Many set up home across the south , beginning lives again from scratch . |
| 11 | It was a cold , bright morning when we set out cheerfully down the river . |
| 12 | It was mid-morning when we set out nervously along the coast road on the first two-wheeled motor I had ridden for 20 years . |
| 13 | Having dealt with the general principles of the UCTA it is now possible to analyse its effect in detail on various contractual relationships using as a framework the definitions and different combinations of the factors set out above in the section devoted to the basic rationale of the UCTA . |
| 14 | In their hundreds they set out calmly from the back of the building , through the exercise field towards the open country . |
| 15 | Set furthest away from the road is the house . |
| 16 | " Hotel " is defined by s.139(1) as meaning ( a ) in towns and suburbs a house containing at least four apartments set apart exclusively for the sleeping accommodation of travellers , and ( b ) in rural districts and places of a population of less than 1,000 according to the most recent census a house containing two such apartments . |