Example sentences of "setting [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 2 | The result is a forecast of much more rapid and pronounced warming of the globe than has previously been thought likely , setting in by the end of the present decade . |
| 3 | He is probably a murderer himself ; the lightmindedness of his retrospective half-confirmations and half-denials is oddly disgusting ; and for him killing people is no more doing something than sleeping with little girls or setting off for the North Pole . |
| 4 | Catch the sunrise , a stunningly colourful experience on a clear day as the morning light reflects on the rocks bringing out an array of unforgettable colour , before setting off for the Navajo Indian Reservation and the trading Post of Cameron . |
| 5 | Cairns , convinced an earlier declaration could have given Notts a chance of victory , at one stage squatted in mid-pitch with his head in his hands and was only directed back to the middle after setting off for the pavilion . |
| 6 | The man giggled — a horrible noise — before setting off for the curtain at the back of the room . |
| 7 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 8 | At Westons cidermill in Much Marcle , Herefordshire three hundred revellers are setting off for the apple orchards.They 're following in the footsteps of their pagan ancestors in the hopes of ensuring a bumper harvest . |
| 9 | I had to go and fetch water from two blocks away at 5 a.m. before setting off to the market . |
| 10 | He outlined his idea for a movie plot , which was basically the story of two Californian friends who decide to make a once-and-for-all fortune by selling a consignment of cocaine , and then setting off across the country for a marijuana-cum-motorbikes adventure . |
| 11 | The idea of a small group of men setting off into the desert to travel hundreds of miles behind the enemy lines was not such a hare-brained scheme as might be thought . |
| 12 | We had learned this at the very first lesson of the term — something most of the boys should have remembered from the previous year — when Mr Gillis had belted fourteen of us for setting off towards the door when the bell rang rather than waiting for his instruction . |
| 13 | We banged off the last roll of film recording our epic journey of discovery before setting off in the direction of Charles de Gaulle Airport . |
| 14 | Oh it would have been half as small , and she used to tell us grand stories with them setting off in the morning with their a bottle of milk and their , it 's like a pi with them , to keep the fire going to keep them warm and everything . |
| 15 | Setting off around the corner after negotiating the flake on Valkyrie . |
| 16 | Setting aside for the moment the human science/humanities distinction we need to decide whether there is any real difference between ‘ humanities ’ and ‘ arts ’ . |
| 17 | It seems for many the idea of setting up behind the bar is even more powerful than the interest rates . |
| 18 | The largest intact building , erected beside the small church , was occupied by three resident monks , a lay servant , and a group of men from Berwick , who , under the supervision of a black-robed clerk , were carrying out and setting up before the building a trestle table with a stool for each end , and a couple of benches . |
| 19 | Obviously there is not a club atmosphere at Harlequins , and in most other sports they would be fined or disciplined for the unfair competition they are setting up in the league , both from the top and bottom sides . |
| 20 | Has she thought of setting up in the coffin business herself ? |
| 21 | Discussions are understood to be under way with several companies which have expressed an interest in setting up alongside the plant to supply components to Motorola , which operates on a just-in-time principle of bringing in materials just as they are required for the production process . |
| 22 | The last operating day again just after 15.00 and 61094 has arrived from Leicester and is about to take water before setting back into the north bay . |
| 23 | Consider for a moment the bustle of the scene a hundred years ago , with horse-drawn barges and occasional steam tugs nearing the end of their journeys or perhaps setting out on the return trip towards the sea . |
| 24 | There he found a moment of illusory tranquillity with his stepdaughter and her two sons , before setting out on the journey which was to end at Saint Helena . |
| 25 | Buffy was a young man at the time , just setting out on the journey of life , if you know what I mean . |
| 26 | Setting out on the road , I could not help thinking of Mr Rochester 's despair when he found himself abandoned . |
| 27 | Apparently from the notes , a certain Fruchtbaum in the Times Literary Supplement has described Charles on setting out on the Beagle voyage in such terms , which is certainly an exaggeration , but I do not know anyone else who has ever subscribed to that opinion . |
| 28 | I 'd seen Chola and Mina setting out for the forest in the early morning , and three times during the day I 'd watched them coming back , stooped over and staggering under the weight of the enormous loads that spread across their backs , stretching three times broader than their shoulders and several feet above their heads . |
| 29 | Harry Taylor , on the left , before setting out for the summit . |
| 30 | Setting out into the desert was still regarded as important . |