So, I got all my cards re-ordered, and set about getting replacement loyalty cards, congratulating myself on not losing my head too much. |
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I slammed the kitchen door on the pair of them and set about icing my cake. |
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I pulled the waffle mix out of the cupboard and set about mixing the batter while Noriko got out the waffle iron and plugged it in. |
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He transcribed them and set about making a set of 14 parts for horns, trumpets, trombones and timpani. |
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When this deal is out of the way we will then set about floating the company on the gray market. |
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Smiling his smile of acknowledgment and gratitude, he draped his long overcoat over her shoulders as he set about making the morning meal. |
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At noon the next day, eyelids heavy from jet lag and cascades of sunshine, we set about exploring. |
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Eight fire engines raced to the scene and set about tackling the blaze which firefighters said covered almost 30 acres of the field. |
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As I set about planing, jointing, gluing and sanding the pieces, I also began a creative argument with the wood. |
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They set about to swiftly close the case and make an example of the alleged perpetrators, who were quickly railroaded to prison. |
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On an unseasonally nippy May Tuesday, two women, a man and a young girl wheeling a baby's buggy, set about cracking open the votes in Kinsealy. |
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De Jong set about tracking down the original owner of the picture by going through the white pages. |
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On the following day conditions were better and everyone set about striking camp with a will. |
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Now the Government has set about building new roads and airports all over the shop. |
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He set about reclaiming the land, building the castle and laying out formal gardens. |
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Not so long ago I set about rediscovering it for myself, in the company of a Native Canadian. |
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The gun merchant asked for an initial order of 300 grips, and Lane set about tooling up for the project. |
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I tucked the key in my pocket and finally set about wrestling my hand properly through my sleeve again. |
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Missions were built and zealous Franciscan priests set about converting the Indians living in their pueblos. |
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I zipped him up inside my comfy top thing so that his head was poking out from just under my chin, and I set about cooking dinner. |
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A well-drilled two appliance team from the fire brigade arrived and set about hosing down the road without delay. |
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Local billeting officers were appointed to find suitable homes for evacuees and they set about interviewing possible hosts. |
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Stella joined the company back in August, and immediately set about rubbing us up the wrong way. |
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In 1993 the Sunday Trading Act set about dismantling the legislation protecting the Lord's Day. |
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Next we set about trying to ascertain exactly which features and aspects of the environment were responsible for causing these effects. |
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The nine to 11-year-olds, armed with magnifying glasses, collecting trays and fishing nets, set about capturing creatures from the water. |
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Armed with an early tape recorder he set about recording the folk songs and stories that many believed had disappeared. |
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He refused to comply with Henry's demand to accept a delay in payment and set about collecting his due by main force. |
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Having found this new shorter format so captivating I set about making my own short film. |
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Australia was a penal settlement at the time, and a team of convict labourers were set about the task. |
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This is an eye-opener of a place that looks like the architect got a job lot of steel, had one too many and then set about designing it. |
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Physicists and astronomers set about trying to identify this imprint in maps of our own galactic neighbourhood. |
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Bertha came downstairs ten minutes later and, saying nothing, she set about mashing some tea for them both. |
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But the Ford V8 had its limitations, as did the chassis, so he set about designing his own mechanicals. |
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He set about studying the mechanics of human movement and taught himself how to walk without any pain at all. |
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Charles then set about promoting the cause of religious toleration for all non-Anglicans. |
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But this team has shown over the year to be up to the challenge and set about the task of closing the gap. |
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They set about finding out what their peers were eating and the results don't make for good news. |
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I arrived in Scotland today and set about exploring the ruins of Tantallon Castle. |
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In the millennium year the club set about an ambitious task of upgrading their facilities. |
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I am relieved to see that our government has set about dealing with this problem. |
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She set about getting rid of the dresses and her hick accent and her love of cowboy songs. |
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Car companies, big and small, embraced the new category and set about creating cars for it. |
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As he tried to recover it, the other side's players thought she was being assaulted and set about him. |
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They move into a tenement, the only place they can afford, and set about making a good life despite some serious setbacks. |
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He finished his meal and took extra bread, then began eyeing the milk pudding being set about. |
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The idea of a fundraising walk sprang to mind readily and the friends set about canvassing family and friends for sponsorship. |
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Posted to Kurdistan, he set about trying to decipher King Darius's trilingual inscription on the Great Rock of Bisitun. |
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So I set about trawling the city's bars and clubs mixing my drinks and pouring the filth down my throat as fast as I could swallow. |
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When he was born, Marc immediately set about measuring his head and then modelling it in clay. |
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Next she set about making the mold for the silver that would soon be a thick, molten liquid. |
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Having determined that they were unable to silence him, the government then set about blackening his reputation. |
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Eventually, the bully's sidekicks realise things have gone too far and, with Julian's friends, set about getting the bullying stopped. |
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Saturday, October 22nd was a sight to behold as the newly formed Tidy Town Committee set about cleaning the streets of the town. |
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Not only did he think it possible to fix games but, in the unanimous opinion of three judges, he set about doing so with enthusiasm. |
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I stretched, yawned, rinsed with mouthwash, then set about to explore my surroundings. |
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After washing her face and hands, she unbraided her hair and set about the task of combing out the tangles. |
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No one set about intentionally to destroy the ecological integrity, social responsibility, or economic viability of American agriculture. |
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David set about illustrating to Australians the value of their own visual arts. |
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The Connors, though heartbroken at the time, took it on the chin and set about replacing the herd. |
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And so, this reform group set about innovating a series of technical changes which would begin to blast the hierarchy to Hades. |
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During that year Moore also set about reading calculus because he enjoyed mathematics and wanted to extend his studies. |
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Bayley and Flo planted a catalpa in front of the house and set about the interior. |
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He then set about a thorough and painstaking exploration of what an orchestral work of the late 20th century might be. |
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They hurriedly set about constructing fortified positions in the sewers, cellars and vaults which honeycombed the entire ghetto. |
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There they dried off and set about to use their fishing net to replenish their dwindling food supply. |
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He set about cleaning up the business, focusing on customer service, the supply chain, marketing and branding. |
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Indeed, the visitors looked anything but a side haunted by a hoodoo as they set about their task with relish. |
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That it works at all is largely down to the enthusiasm of its cast, who set about making the most of a tired and mostly cliched scenario. |
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With these and other men, all deeply influenced by the Cluniac movement, Leo set about trying to reform the Church. |
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He would walk up to the middle in a carefree manner, and set about his act in a masterly fashion. |
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Immediately after announcing his candidacy he set about removing people from key positions who were not favourably inclined towards him. |
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The Communards set about reorganising Paris along democratic socialist lines. |
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The Minister wishes all concerned every success in the future as they set about this task. |
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Each caravan looked the same, so we decided we had to make the outside look appealing before we set about the inside. |
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So, whenever I was outside, between connections or waiting for a bus, I set about venting gas. |
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Our friends having rolled in from the rain, we ordered our meals and set about the poppadums and pickles. |
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Light pooled from the lamps set about the room, bringing out the bright hues in the flowered carpet. |
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The Three Little Pigs tells the tale of a porcine trio who set about trying to help Mummy Pig, whose windswept house seems beyond repair. |
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On the Friday before last weekend, bank officials set about trying to identify the counterparties to the foreign exchange contracts. |
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More encouragingly, having weathered the storm, the Minstermen set about establishing a foothold in the game. |
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He shook his white mane out and set about cropping some grass from the edge of the road. |
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In an attempt to earn money he set about writing a novel, drawing on the experience of his financial disaster. |
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So inspired was he, Miller set about recreating the primordial soup in the laboratory. |
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Hundreds of residents who had suffered the deluge after yesterday's rain welcomed the clear skies today as they set about assessing their loss. |
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When she came to the throne, Elizabeth, who had known no other religion but Protestantism, set about to restore the Protestant faith in England. |
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If someone had set about devising a system to kill off the market in non-executive directors, they couldn't have trumped this effort. |
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The Prime Minister immediately set about grappling with the challenge of investigating the bombings. |
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We had to employ a fresh set of eyes before we set about using a different method to enhance what we had found. |
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They set about dismantling the old whaling station and raised the Argentine flag. |
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He kicked off his first term with demands to make cut-backs and set about dismantling the old regime. |
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Ireland had set about dismantling England's ambitious plans with such zeal that to fall at the final fence was unthinkable. |
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We went up to the room with an armful of blankets and set about making the divan and the bed next to it. |
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That job done, I washed the paint brushes and set about replacing the draft excluders on all of my windows. |
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Woo, who had previously tackled kung fu as well as staid dramedies, set about changing that with the one-two punch of The Killer and then Hard Boiled. |
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We assembled all our available rope, slings, hangers and krabs in a large mound on the ground and set about the task of organizing it into a more useful form. |
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Once inside, you can set about figuring out who the mystery guests are. |
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A Wharton M.B.A., she was the former CEO of the digital advertising agency Digitas, and she quickly set about revamping the unit. |
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Crumbs, sensing an opportunity, went public in early 2011, and set about expanding. |
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I joined Tarawa the day before she sailed from Pearl Harbour and, after a short mystery tour to find my cabin, set about trying to find employment. |
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So, with a lot of hard work and a sharp bowie knife, we set about making cuts and managed to come up with a second draft that was a lean, mean 562 sheets of bark. |
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She shook her head to physically remove the thoughts from her mind, and she set about plaiting her hair into a braid, tying the end with a pale purple ribbon. |
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The vacuum created by their departure was filled by the club's most committed supporters, who set about raising money and bringing the club back from the brink. |
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Now headquartered in Dallas, he at once set about improving the product and delivery of service, in the belief that a budget product need not be a cheap product. |
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He poured heaps of them onto a bed and set about sorting the jumble of tiny vehicles. |
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Every summer young British tourists are decanted from cut-price jets into the nightclubs of Laganas, Ayia Napa and Faliraki, where they set about rescuing the local economy. |
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Torches guttered in iron sconces set about the cavern and cabinets emerged at bizarre angles from ancient columns of stone etched with unnatural runes. |
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It used to be a commonplace that activities aimed at uncovering truth and knowledge set about the relatively simple tasks of making observations and recording results. |
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With the minimum of fuss, two masseurs, working in unison, applied hot medicated oils over my body and set about the task of coaxing the knots out of my protesting muscles. |
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Over the past year their government has set about establishing that separation unilaterally by the construction of a serpentine course of fences, barriers, walls. |
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Karolek felt a glimmer of amusement and set about making it grow. |
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We have vigorously set about recovering our mutual understanding, building a broad base for our co-operation and redeeming the promise of our complementarities. |
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When Alfred died in 1997, Ray was the only white coffin bearer at his funeral, and later Ray set about updating the book, which was republished last year. |
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The delicate procedure saw a crane winch the wooden frame on top of the building before workmen set about ensuring every beam was in the right place. |
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Digging her mess kit out of her saddlebags, she set about retrieving some dinner from the pans littering the pit stones along the edge of the fire's reach. |
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So he has set about to redraw the boundaries of post World War II Europe, something that we all thought were settled. |
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In the 19th century, Franz Liszt set about translating some of the greatest works of literature into symphonic tone poems. |
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As he set about to not only to repair them but to increase the value of his investments, he ran into serious problems. |
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Tonight I decided to expand my range with the oven and having bought a load of stewing lamb from the proper butcher I set about doing a casserole. |
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When Derek Adams set about shielding a pass by Jason Dair, Moore attempted to body-check him, but succeeded only in bouncing off the Motherwell midfielder. |
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Then I set about it with such ferocity that in minutes it lay in pieces. |
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A subdued Adam Gilchrist joined Waugh, and the pair set about milking the bowling as Australia at first struggled to emulate their effortless dominance of day one. |
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The attendees, who included John Adams and George Washington, set about forming a plan of governance for the new nation. |
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He set about ticking the boxes required of any self-respecting plutocrat enthusiastically. |
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Realising that it was mostly the community's men who were well documented in the palace's existing archives, Sarah set about filling in the missing pages of history. |
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For the third time in 150 years, the vineyards of France were witness to war and the French vignerons and chateaux owners once again set about their wartime tasks. |
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These little people, quite recovered from their fatigue, had set about gathering checkerberries, and now came clambering to meet their play-fellows. |
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After discovering a trove of unknown photographs at an auction, John Maloof set about exposing the nanny-cum-artist who took them. |
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A group of tweenie girls set about rescuing a beleaguered tree living next to a landfill in this spirited play about the dangers of corporate excess and waste. |
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He instructed the relevant officials at the department to redress the matter as he set about counter-acting what was shaping up to be political fallout of a serious nature. |
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She then set about rubbing great gobbets of gunk into my hair and scalp. |
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My feet are set about shoulder width, the toes pointed slightly outward. |
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He then looked over at Karen as she lay there, reclining on the bed while the doctor set about the task of finishing up with the afterbirth delivery. |
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Typically he set about his task straight away and it was not long until he had produced a jelly type substance which was to become blasting gelatin. |
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They then set about culturing the breast milk for bacteria and for viruses. |
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Longley then set about the task of designing a hovercraft for Lake Chad, but by the time he had spent three years building it, a drought had dried up most of the lake. |
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So, the pair set about tapping into that world to find partners who might appreciate the utility of a dead, frozen kitten. |
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Less than 24 hours after announcing his retirement, the knives are out as many of Australia's most influential commentators set about trashing his legacy. |
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John wanted to set about their adventure as expeditiously as possible and had booked passage on a postal aeroplane traveling to nearby Hog's Creek. |
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However, once he passed the furlong marker he started to send out distress signals and the next rider, sitting on his tail, set about taking advantage. |
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Their plates were empty and Susan set about clearing the table. |
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Last summer, I joined two archaeologists who, along with a band of friends and volunteers, set about restoring and reinvestigating this special place. |
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The king set about punishing Marshal, opposing his attempts to establish his family in their lands in Ireland and Wales. |
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They opened with a flourish and they set about with gusto on the task of extracting three points from Waterford United for the second time this season. |
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Then mother and babe had turned and disappeared under the shop's torn awning and the three men set about finding some boarding for the broken window. |
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That Record Store Day endeavor came less than a year after White set about his solo career. |
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To enable NIR to maintain its levels of service, it has set about upgrading some of its older rolling stock. |
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As a practical matter, by the time Conrad set about writing fiction, he had little choice but to write in English. |
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As a result, in conjunction with Beecham, Sargent set about establishing a new orchestra, the London Philharmonic. |
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When they set about forging formal political institutions, they were dependent on the empire. |
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He then set about trying to license his machine, though some licences were granted in satisfaction of debts. |
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Evans received a patent for his new steam engine in 1804, and set about looking for commercial applications. |
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Evans and his agents set about aggressively collecting royalties from those using his designs. |
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Grey set about reforming Britain's corrupt and antiquated electoral procedure, the issue over which Huskisson had resigned. |
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Working with her sister, Rachel, she set about improving the welfare of children living in the slums, and campaigned for free school meals. |
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With the support of her family, friends and boyfriend, Julia set about rebuilding her life and the confidence which played such a big part in it. |
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Only know how to set about it, and you can extract an abassi, not from every carriage, but from every gun-barrel. |
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Now, you set about improving both your mood and your appearance by checking your best makeup colors for the day. |
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After four days' travelling, he teamed up with a group of forest dwellers called the Evenk and set about honing his techniques. |
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Through his writing Bukowski set about demythologising Franklin's interpretation of what America was all about. |
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Armagh have attracted a lot of ingracious comment for the way they have set about their business this summer. |
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On May 20, 1894, the Times set about debunking some of these myths. |
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William and Harald at once set about assembling troops and ships to invade England. |
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Tumuli graves had a chamber, rather large in some cases, lined with timber and with the body and grave goods set about the room. |
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Clodius set about depriving Caesar's senatorial enemies of two of their more obstinate leaders in Cato and Cicero. |
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He returned to the coast, recalling the legions that had gone ahead, and immediately set about repairing his fleet. |
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Claudius set about remodeling the Senate into a more efficient, representative body. |
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Henry set about extending royal justice in England to reassert his authority and spent time in Normandy shoring up support amongst the barons. |
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In the meantime, Richard set about crushing some of his enemies in Aquitaine in 1188, before once again attacking the Count of Toulouse. |
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Douglas set about introducing more squadrons and dispersing the few GL sets to create a carpet effect in the southern counties. |
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He set about replacing the older and less numerous classes, and rebuilding the remainder using as many standardised GWR components as possible. |
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He then set about an exploration of the expressive possibilities of the human anatomy. |
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He set about establishing a set of British expectations, whose moral foundation would, in his opinion, warrant the empire. |
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They set about conquering Leinster and the territories Diarmait had claimed sovereignty over. |
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Together they set about converting North End, a farm in the Oxfordshire countryside, into a home and studios. |
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But no sooner was Albany off the scene than she set about organising a party of her own. |
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William and Harald Hardrada immediately set about assembling troops and ships for separate invasions. |
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Davies died in 1962 and was succeeded by Emlyn Hooson, who then set about rebuilding the Welsh Liberal Party. |
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Edward defeated the local Welsh princes in a major campaign and set about permanently colonising the area. |
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Instead, he set about deploying the submarine fleet against military vessels. |
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Octavian set about solidifying his power and the era of the Roman Empire began. |
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Johnson set about convincing General Curtis LeMay of the efficacy of very heavy bombers laying aerial mines. |
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Despite the treaty, Henry set about inflicting severe penalties on the barons who had stood against him during the invasion. |
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Blake arrived at St Helen's Pool in April 1651, and set about invading the island of Tresco. |
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After children were sent away for the day, staff set about fixing the problem in time for today. |
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The company set about significant investment in the island's rail services, primarily through replacing old locomotives and carriages. |
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The Cimbri initially set about complying peacefully with Rome's demands, but soon discovered that Carbo had laid an ambush against them. |
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Charles set about integrating the outlying realms of his empire into the Frankish church. |
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But to warm himself up the ex-paratrooper, from Balsall Common, set about claiming a sit-up record. |
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Carroll, now 22, and Carl Keatley, now 28, followed Mr Eccles from the shop in the Dimbles area of Lichfield and set about him. |
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Etymologists frequently trace the word to writers referring to one who set about to raid and pillage. |
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When these nations set about forging formal political institutions, they often modelled themselves on Constantinople. |
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They set about sailing upriver, but their advance faced unremitting hostility from the Mandinka inhabitants upriver. |
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Sometimes overlooked is the fact that Alexander VI set about reforms of the increasingly irresponsible Curia. |
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In late December 1500, after the Portuguese set about seizing the spice cargoes of Arab boats in the harbor, a riot erupted on the piers. |
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They decided a live album would help demonstrate how different the sound at their gigs was to Tommy, and set about listening to the hours of recordings they had accumulated. |
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He is said to have been a firm but fair man, who had a great love for the Crystal Palace, and soon set about restoring the deteriorating building. |
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In collaboration with Engels, Marx also set about writing a book which is often seen as his best treatment of the concept of historical materialism, The German Ideology. |
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He then set about expanding his empire, conquering Gutium, Elam and had victories that did not result into a full conquest against the Amorites and Eblaites of Ancient Syria. |
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Robert set about winning back his lands in the west of Scotland. |
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Initially, around 1664, the Saint Cloud manufactory set about imitating porcelain of the kind imported into Europe from the East in vast quantities. |
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Themistius set about a bold program to create an imperial public library that would be the centerpiece of the new intellectual capital of Constantinople. |
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John Williams, the Archbishop of York, took charge of the castle on behalf of the king, and set about repairing and garrisoning it at his own expense. |
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Those with enough wealth were able to seize on opportunities created by these unsettled conditions and set about enlarging and enclosing farm lands. |
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From here, Hannibal ordered his men to set about fixing the mule path. |
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He set about converting the royal forest into agricultural land. |
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My brain was fritzing like an elderly TV set about to die. I hit the side of my head with the heel of my hand. Percussive maintenance. It didn't work. |
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Weighing 17 pounds, 4 ounces, their winning kingfish hit a dead ribbonfish on a break-away rig set about 40 feet deep and 50 feet behind the boat. |
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He rebuilt the army and navy of Italia with vigour and set about recovering the remaining Gallic provinces, which had not recognized his elevation. |
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After the death of King Manuel I in late 1521, his son and successor, King John III of Portugal set about reviewing the Portuguese government overseas. |
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The late king had left many church positions unfilled, and Henry set about nominating candidates to these, in an effort to build further support for his new government. |
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Determined to prevent another treason like his father's, Naresuan set about unifying the country's administration directly under the royal court at Ayutthaya. |
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The club met weekly and they systematically set about living a holy life. |
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Nevertheless, as the young count's good-nature and easy persuasibility were among his best characteristics, he set about complying with Kenyon's request. |
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Fairey Aviation set about the development of a more powerful model, the Turbo Islander, equipped with a pair of Lycoming LTP101 turboprop engines. |
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Luther next set about reversing or modifying the new church practices. |
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Dominican friars were sent around the world to establish their religious order and arrived in the UK in 1221 where they set about building monasteries and friaries. |
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He rebuilt the army and navy of Italy with vigour and set about recovering the remaining Gallic provinces, which had not recognized his elevation. |
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Upon leaving Steps, Ian 'H' Watkins set about carving out a career in musical theatre and has appeared on the West End stage in big-name productions such as Fame. |
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The Senate in Rome switched allegiance, gave both Gordian and Gordian II the title of Augustus, and set about rousing the provinces in support of the pair. |
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