Example sentences of "[pers pn] set about " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 2 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 3 | Briefed comprehensively by my fastidious fiancee on ironing strategy — ‘ Never start from the front/make sure you give the cuffs a decent jet of steam … not like that , you chump ! ’ — I set about a pile of shirts , mainly cotton but one silk , and a range of trousers . |
| 4 | I shall try to answer the question : ‘ What is God ? ’ before I set about trying to answer the question of whether or not this God exists . |
| 5 | I could have tried the pipe again before I set about her . |
| 6 | Now that I had my dolls and their dolls ' houses , I set about playing with them with the greatest pleasure , and when I visited Wood Green I shut my eyes to some of the realities . |
| 7 | Thrush Green was an ideal place to play , and I set about moving my dolls along their allotted paths during the next few years . |
| 8 | Next , I set about finishing off some chapters of a rheumatology book for GPs that my Bristol colleagues and I have been writing . |
| 9 | Following a lie-down to recover I set about this mammoth task and after much intensified opening of envelopes the winner of 30 , yes THIRTY Hi-Tec games became clear . |
| 10 | With this in mind , I set about designing a circuit which could be used with an existing meter ( preferably a digital type ) . |
| 11 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 12 | Linking the TriAxis up to a Boogie Fifty/Fifty power amp and ART Multiverb Alpha to build a simple MIDI rig ( the same setup as for last month 's Marshall JMP-1 review ) , I set about organising myself a set of sounds . |
| 13 | I set about building up an act with the aid of Rag magazines , joke-books , a gag nicked from here , a gag nicked from there and at my next engagement , four days later , I was billed as a comic and my fee went up a few quid . |
| 14 | ‘ Having established that the larger skeleton was that of a female , I set about making an estimate of the subject 's age at the time of her death . |
| 15 | During Nigel 's second period in hospital , in between the times I spent there , I set about arranging his funeral . |
| 16 | With no option but courage or ignominious retreat , I set about the 4a first pitch — an intimidating looking crack breaking through the overhanging lower wall . |
| 17 | S I set about answering the query for myself . |
| 18 | Idomeneo was not an opera which I know analytically , so I set about studying its overall character and moods , as well as its tonal plan and shape/form . |
| 19 | I remember the near panic with which I set about trying to paint at that first Bingley course when we were all made to experience work in another field than our own . |
| 20 | You may see then how I set about developing … ’ |
| 21 | We dismantled the imprinting equipment to make way for the passive avoidance pens and I set about raising the grant money to let us move into full swing . |
| 22 | I reckoned he was the minister Clare was planning to denounce and I set about trying to discover his secret for myself . ’ |
| 23 | I set about researching conventional wisdom for clues . |
| 24 | That 's fine with me , and I set about securing a partial guarantee from the Philippines ' largest bank . |
| 25 | ‘ I knew I was in a race against time so I set about altering the gear box myself . |
| 26 | I set about trying to " find " them again . |
| 27 | Eagerly I set about to free it from its rubble prison . |
| 28 | One bright sunny morning recently I set about painting the front of the house with its yearly coat of white paint to smarten it up . |
| 29 | How do you set about choosing the best format ? |
| 30 | Only then should you set about researching in order to fill your speech out , make it interesting , witty , or whatever style of speech you would like to make . |