Example sentences of "set to [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set to work with the pick . |
| 2 | I get back to my office and set to work with the phone . |
| 3 | She found a spanner and set to work on the bike . |
| 4 | He glanced around , then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As soon as he was satisfied that all was well , he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass . |
| 7 | ‘ So we set to work on the pictures , enormous ones and little gems which would all go in the modern interior , and made them full of off-white and near-pink . ’ |
| 8 | She sat down and set to work on the files . |