Example sentences of "[noun] and set [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crossed the bridge between the frogs and set off for the far end of the green , where the lane led up into the council estate . |
| 2 | He imagined himself to be in the centre of the city now , surrounded by its magnificent old crumbling buildings , its churches and palaces , villas and castles filled with the rich trappings of the centuries and set about by the bustle , the noise , the filth , squalor and abject poverty of the streets . |
| 3 | The old cheese presses which had lain dusty in the stable loft were brought down with difficulty on account of their immense weight and set up on the flagged floor . |
| 4 | By the time we had driven to Port Eynon , the wind had really picked up but not easily deterred , we abandoned the car and set off towards the cliffs . |
| 5 | But as the runners made round the left-hand bend in front of the stands and set off into the country for the first time she was joined in the lead by Run And Skip , and the company clearly put her off , for she hit the third fence hard . |
| 6 | She lifted it over the fence and set off across the little meadow , gathering speed and thoroughly enjoying it . |
| 7 | Restored with food and warm drinks , we set off down Brewers ' Gullet , portage our final canal lock and set out down the river . |
| 8 | Disconsolately , we got back into the rickshaws and set off to the next address . |
| 9 | She combed her hair , applied her make-up and set off for the Post Office . |
| 10 | If you have a grievance relating to your employment , please refer to the procedure agreed by the Council and set out in the document attached to this statement of particulars . |
| 11 | He put on his sandals and set out for the office of the babu who had the power to give his people what they wanted , or to refuse . |
| 12 | She climbed onto the bike and set off in the direction from which she had come , gathering speed as she descended . |
| 13 | Courts would be involved in pre-trial procedure much more actively than at present in attempting to keep the parties to proposed new timetables , whilst allowing for a realistic degree of relaxation by the court , and permitting the parties to vary particular time limits by agreement , subject always to the obligation to have the case ready for trial and set down within the overall timetable . |
| 14 | It will also be permissible for parties to vary particular time limits by agreement , subject always to the obligations to have the case ready for trial and set down within the overall timetable . |
| 15 | Although it was raining and freezing cold outside , we all got ready and pulled ourselves into our wet suits and set off for the river . |
| 16 | So we gritted our teeth and set off along the Pyg-motorway past the army 's blasted and unforgivable folly , writhing and frothing and swearing and laughing aghast — the vapours thickening the while , so that when we looked down from Bwlch Moch , Llydaw was rimless , leaden obscurity and our hair mist-beaded like grizzled Rastafarians . |
| 17 | Realising that there was more snow on the way , she clenched her teeth and set off for the moors . |
| 18 | Dara fled back to Agra and set off on the road to Delhi without daring to face his father . |
| 19 | Only he had watched , fascinated , as the pool of blood collecting around the spilt innards suddenly burst its confines and set off down the road , finding its way slowly and with difficulty , its bright fresh surface soon matted with dust and drowning insects . |
| 20 | When the sun began to sink and the evening grew cold , they stripped their clothes from the thorn trees , collected together their pans and bamboo brooms and set out across the bridge for home . |
| 21 | She had walked out of the corner-shop and set off on the primrose path , which led rapidly downhill . |
| 22 | He swept Dalziel 's glass from under his nose and set off to the bar at the quick march . |
| 23 | The final meeting took place on Nov. 21 in Havana , Cuba , of the Joint Monitoring Commission ( JMC ) on south western Africa , comprising representatives from Angola , Cuba , Namibia , and South Africa and set up under the Brazzaville Protocol of Dec. 13 , 1988 [ see p. 36380 ] to oversee the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 435/78 , on Namibian independence and the withdrawal of Cuban troops from Angola . |
| 24 | We struck camp next day and set off down the mountain on our way to the Webi Shebeli . |
| 25 | His looks said it all , and Jenna suppressed a smile and set off across the road to join him . |
| 26 | With reluctance she pulled on a jacket and set out for the Rectory . |
| 27 | The following day she caught an early train from King 's Cross station and set off on the two-hundred-mile journey north . |
| 28 | As the sun sinks , the young bats stream from the cave-mouth like smoke and set off on the first stage of their long journey south . |
| 29 | Fortified for a final fight , we stuffed everything into our sacks and set off on the laborious slog back up Coire Raibeirt for a buffeted race against darkness over the plateau and down to the vast , eerily deserted car park . |
| 30 | In the audience was Paul Palmer , a geophysicist , and it was from this that Jones became involved with solid state fusion and set out on the road that led to his interactions with Fleischmann and Pons . |