Example sentences of "[vb mod] set about " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , he decided , slackening his pace as the distance between Dotty 's and his own breathless form increased , he must set about persuading his mother that a little kid would be very useful for keeping Tullivers ' grass down . |
| 2 | He must set about getting something like that himself . |
| 3 | It is simply and solely a political problem which politicians , political parties and Governments must set about solving through the political process . |
| 4 | So we must set about it a more roundabout way . |
| 5 | Sir : Has anyone a suggestion about how , once we have made all our graduates pay for their own education through some sort of lifelong surtax , we should set about stopping those with any marketable skills and sense leaving the country as soon as they possibly can ? |
| 6 | Tomorrow I will ring up and see how we should set about it . ’ |
| 7 | Only I do n't know how I should set about finding a home , let alone one that she would be happy in . ’ |
| 8 | It is hardly surprising that , after what he had witnessed , he should set about some slaughter of his own . |
| 9 | Together these give the Convention its terms of reference and some guidance as to how it should set about its task . |
| 10 | But the Rastas felt that the language was the African people 's own , that they should be proud of it and should set about improving it " ( 1986a : 44 ) . |
| 11 | But , still the same , Fabia felt hot by the time she 'd made it to her room , so went and took a shower and changed her clothes and supposed , since it had to be lunchtime , that she should set about getting a snack of some sort . |
| 12 | This could be said with some emphasis of Chatterton , but not of Eliot himself , who moreover survived , who grew to be famous , who did not kill himself , though he was to wonder how one might set about dying . |
| 13 | And the time is long past when the question of who deserves what was taken out of the hands of politicians and time-serving bureaucrats and given to a genuinely independent and truly meritorious body which might set about trying to put honour back into the honours system . |
| 14 | As yet we have only a very limited understanding of how we might set about determining ‘ the depth of the pragmatic context which is necessary ’ for interpretation . |
| 15 | It meant that instead of guessing that the presence of a red spot or the flicking of a tail was acting as a threat signal or a courtship display , I could set about proving it . |
| 16 | Once his officers had been provided with a comprehensive register of the homages and other obligations of Gascon vassals , Edward could set about the task of governing his duchy with some confidence . |
| 17 | We 'd set about improving the meals or the buildings . |
| 18 | I hear what you say , and I hesitate to make any further comment on that , given the current climate , but let's set about just examining the shape of the difficulty at the moment , and see what we can as it were immediately deal with ourselves , and what we can try and persuade other people to help us to know . |
| 19 | ‘ I know just how I would set about it . |
| 20 | I would be apportioned my six — half of which would be business — Joyce would set about her one hundred and sixty-six . |
| 21 | Few will could ever forget those primeval nights in the Kings Hall , Belfast , when McGuigan , the epitome of Irish charm outside the ring , would set about his opponent furiously , as his father Pat sang Danny Boy to the crowd standing on their wooden seats . |
| 22 | If things did n't improve , then he would set about the central-heating system . |
| 23 | For example , let us consider how we would set about studying levels of violence in residential establishments for children . |
| 24 | However , before she herself was dismissed so that Dorothy could rest , her sister extracted a promise from her that she would set about finding out the boy 's address and , moreover , that Cynthia would contact her own solicitor and have him draw up a new will making Dorothy 's son her sole beneficiary . |
| 25 | Then suddenly a demoniacal light had entered his eyes and , since he seemed to be a man who would set about proving his own theories — in this case that it was inconceivable that she should be as innocent as she would appear — he took a couple of steps forward and reached for her . |
| 26 | Once in Gaesti , the small army of volunteers , who also include two Alder Valley bus drivers , a nurse and the landlord of a public house , will set about supplying , renewing and repairing drainage , water supplies , electricity and carrying out general and essential maintenance at the home . |
| 27 | The Circular clearly envisages that LEAs will set about testing these hypotheses . |
| 28 | He expresses no doubts , knows precisely what is required and will set about the job with the same approach as he would building a house . |
| 29 | The newcomers will be hoping that the unsettling bid talk will die down so they can set about the more urgent tasks that lie ahead . |
| 30 | Then she and the president can set about hacking away as vigorously at the wasteful government machine as they have at the sheltered private sector . |