How To Use Set about In A Sentence

So we set about assembling a team of cross-disciplinary professionals including Dr. Patricia Muehsam, on the faculty of Mount Sinai Medical School; Dr. Peter Roche de Coppens, professor of sociology, anthropology, and psychotherapy at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania and the Sorbonne in Paris; Dr. Beverly Rubik, a biophysicist who had conducted scientific research in mind-body, subtle energies, and complementary medicine; Dr. J. Manifesting Michelangelo
We had to employ a fresh set of eyes before we set about using a different method to enhance what we had found.
My mother was upset about his appearance here, not least because she felt it was invading her privacy.
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.
The sun set about ten o'clock, and Lady Clare and Shag greeted its last departing rays with a whinny, accompanied by a wanton kickup from the rear -- for whatever Boyhood in Norway

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.
Translating hints into statements and guessing at reservations, I would say that the French fall very short of admiration of the way in which our higher officers set about their work, they are disagreeably impressed by a general want of sedulousness and close method in our leading. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war
My best friend tells me that I am silly to be upset about this.
These little people, quite recovered from their fatigue, had set about gathering checkerberries, and now came clambering to meet their play-fellows.
Also, it stops us getting upset about doctor-bashing. The Sun
He set about the intruders with a stick.
This task being finally accomplished, the ropes were taken off, the sails run up and the two sloops, closehauled to starboard, set about beating off shore. The Black Buccaneer
There's no point getting upset about it.
Torches guttered in iron sconces set about the cavern and cabinets emerged at bizarre angles from ancient columns of stone etched with unnatural runes.
Early in the race, she launched an audacious attack and set about gaining a lap on the rest of the field. Times, Sunday Times
But the Bees set about their counter-attacking gameplan with style. The Sun
He refused to comply with Henry's demand to accept a delay in payment and set about collecting his due by main force.
The vegans are upset about the animal fat fivers. Times, Sunday Times
Next we set about trying to ascertain exactly which features and aspects of the environment were responsible for causing these effects.
She's upset about missing the party.
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.
Having consolidated the line between the Catholic south and the rebellious north, he set about quartering the United Provinces by capturing strategic towns in a long succession of sieges.
From there he set about recording his solo debut.
We have vigorously set about recovering our mutual understanding, building a broad base for our co-operation and redeeming the promise of our complementarities.
Nevertheless, he set about the seemingly hopeless task of making a bankrupt Command a going concern.
I was quite upset about the article on pilots' salaries.
How do you set about understanding and making yourself understood? Choice, Rationality, and Social Theory
So we set about assembling a team of cross-disciplinary professionals including Dr. Patricia Muehsam, on the faculty of Mount Sinai Medical School; Dr. Peter Roche de Coppens, professor of sociology, anthropology, and psychotherapy at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania and the Sorbonne in Paris; Dr. Beverly Rubik, a biophysicist who had conducted scientific research in mind-body, subtle energies, and complementary medicine; Dr. J. Manifesting Michelangelo
Then I set about it with such ferocity that in minutes it lay in pieces.
The vegans are upset about the animal fat fivers. Times, Sunday Times
She's upset about missing the party.
In his term as Home Secretary between 1965 and 1967 and, to a lesser extent, from 1974 to 1976, Jenkins set about the destruction of the entire legislative underpinning of the fundamental decencies of British society.
The drover had set about yoking the oxen.
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.
I think it is about time we set about compiling a book of records that better reflect these strange and troubled times. Times, Sunday Times
Having seen the human drama “from a veiled corner,” Du Bois had set about trying to lift the veil of race enough for white people to see—and even to feel—through the medium of arresting language and moral signposts what it was like to be a second class citizen in America, a virtual caste whose pariah status inhered in the inescapability of skin color. DARKWATER
He sat down on my floor and immediately set about educating me in mbira lore. Michal Shapiro: The Good News From Zimbabwe: Healing Music of the Mbira
Thus, he set about trying to nullify its effects.
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.
Once inside, you can set about figuring out who the mystery guests are.
Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
The new leader set about imposing his vision on the party.
He halloed me back and set about making some more porridge.
It is quite another thing to assess how out of balance the individual is and how to set about restoring the balance.
With the tendons gleaming softly in their beds, I removed the last bits of the aponeurosis, sprayed the wound with a mixture of alcohol and distilled water for disinfection, and set about closing the incisions. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
The new leader set about imposing his vision on the party.
Meanwhile Desmond himself, with the rest of the men, set about preparing the gallivat in which he was about to make his next move. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India
Having seen the human drama “from a veiled corner,” Du Bois had set about trying to lift the veil of race enough for white people to see—and even to feel—through the medium of arresting language and moral signposts what it was like to be a second class citizen in America, a virtual caste whose pariah status inhered in the inescapability of skin color. DARKWATER
They hurriedly set about constructing fortified positions in the sewers, cellars and vaults which honeycombed the entire ghetto.
Where others would have dismissed the idea as impractical, Sherwood set about locating those vehicles which had survived intact.
How archaeologists set about trying to demonstrate belief in supernatural powers and an afterlife is the subject of Chapter 10.
After breakfasting on my last morsels of food -- a knuckle of braxy and a bit of oatcake -- I set about tracking him from the place where he had first entered the glen. Mr. Standfast
They move into a tenement, the only place they can afford, and set about making a good life despite some serious setbacks.
I made Bovril and organised some boil-in-the-bag chilli while Ewan set about making his stew. Long Way Down
Women would benefit enormously from this - we are very sensitive and get upset about small things, and men have no idea.
It always bemuses me when people get upset about supercilious piffle like good manners but dont get upset about important things like radical islam, Neathergate, EUSSR, the mps expenses scandal. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
She's been very depressed and upset about this whole situation.
Last weekend, I set about to decorate my perfect tree. in my scaled down, dream house, for my very first christmas ~in the blue and white house~ celebrating my "this is as good as it gets" reality. Wendchymes Diary Entry
She was more upset about the effect on her family than herself.
They then set about acquiring rivals. Times, Sunday Times
The kindly doctor set about concocting a mixture of mutton, cayenne and a special medicine that he wrapped in a piece of ear-shaped dough.
Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
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.
It is all an infernal nuisance… it seems to me the time has arrived to set about being a man of letters.
Our forces being landed and stationed as I have already mentioned, set about erecting a fascine battery to cannonade the principal fort of the enemy; and in something more than three weeks, it was ready to open. The Adventures of Roderick Random
When I realized how the effect was working, I set about discovering if I could capture the same illusion by layering both sides of an old stereograph in Photoshop and displaying the result as an animated gif. The New York Public Library: New Perspectives on Old Perspectives: How an Art Project Helped the NYPL Put Its 3D Stereograph Collection in Your Hands
Workers set about fixing the tacky decorations on lampposts as stunned onlookers enjoyed the summer sunshine. The Sun
Then we set about ordering a backpacking stove from each - either an MSR Dragonfly or a Primus MFS, both of which retail for about $100.
So Wang set about bridging the gulf between the isolated, self - reliant Liverpool Chinese and the Scousers, tackling discrimination and alienation.
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.
We set about publicising the meeting as widely as possible.
We were both terribly upset about that. The Sun
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.
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.
I'm not sure what he was getting so upset about, but I think he was partly mad because some people had skived off the rehearsal.
To restore the grey carcases of a mediaevalism whose spirit had fled, seemed a not less incongruous act than to set about renovating the adjoining crags themselves. A Pair of Blue Eyes
Luckily we both had the same mind-set about this decision. The Mommy Diet
When Severin found he could get no more intoxicating beverage, he in his demoniacal rage, conceived the idea of despatching his whole family, and set about his purpose by first snatching the young babe and casting it into the fire! Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman Embracing a Correspondence of Several Years, While President of Wilberforce Colony, London, Canada West
EDDA MELLAS, MOTHER OF AMANDA KNOX: Amanda, like the rest of us is extremely disappointed, upset about the decision. CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2009
So he set about making cosmetic changes, brightening it up with new lighting and splashes of colour on the walls. The Sun
When Reykjavik resident Inga Jessen lost her job following Iceland's economic meltdown, she set about building a website for cash-strapped visitors to the city.
Don't get so upset about it!
He soon set about restoring the royal army 's morale. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World
My best friend tells me that I am silly to be upset about this.
As she came to understand what didn't "add up," it was that the process of trading the state to outside owners in exchange for their (it now seems) entirely temporary agreement to enrich us, in other words the pauperization of California, had in fact begun at the time Americans first entered the state, took what they could, and, abetted by the native weakness for boosterism, set about selling the rest. False Promises
For now, let the past go and set about exploring. Times, Sunday Times
She was really upset about the way her father treated her.
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.
He set about drawing up a rescue plan amid a political storm that resulted in the resignation of two cabinet ministers.
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.
It is set about two hundred years ago, at the time of the Napoleonic wars; the action takes place mostly in England.
Smiling his smile of acknowledgment and gratitude, he draped his long overcoat over her shoulders as he set about making the morning meal.
There are many in the party who are desperately and bitterly upset about what happened to Simon Crean, so they are not happy about having to choose another leader.
She was really upset about the way her father treated her.
We have already seen how the creators of wants, the psychology-manipulators in advertising, had set about trying to undermine it.
Having found this new shorter format so captivating I set about making my own short film.
All eyes were on the fly-half, and fellow departee Paul Sackey, as Wasps set about maintaining their record of never losing to Saracens at Adams Park, while the visitors knew victory would take them up to second in the table. Planet Rugby | Rugby Union News
Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
Nevertheless, Britain's early filmmakers set about the business of film production with some brio and not a little flair.
In this ‘ruined town with its shells of buildings half-visible through the drifting smoke’, he set about organizing the evacuation of his men.
Football also makes people cross enough to become frantically upset about Neil Lennon, a man who, in normal life, might be the kind of slightly testy neighbour who occasionally leaves a note on your windscreen about wheelie bin maintenance, but who, in football, is deemed a bristly ginger hard-nut super villain. It's time to admit football is pure evil | Barney Ronay
She tends to adopt a falsely cheerful tone when she's upset about something.
Police then evacuated the basement mailroom while they set about disarming the device.
The next morning he will be up early to set about his next assignment. Times, Sunday Times
They then set about acquiring rivals. Times, Sunday Times
Decent folk who'd left behind the corrupt world - always somewhere to the east - came to a land of primeval beauty and promise and set about turning a little chunk of it into a nice, prosperous garden.
EDDA MELLAS, MOTHER OF AMANDA KNOX: Amanda, like the rest of us, is extremely disappointed, upset about the decision. CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2009
The next morning we set about the arduous task of rowing up river in what is a very powerful current, until we were met by the fisherman and were told about a mahseer of 50 kg that had come out of this place two days ago.
The sun set about ten o'clock, and Lady Clare and Shag greeted its last departing rays with a whinny, accompanied by a wanton kickup from the rear -- for whatever Lady Clare did Shag felt in honor bound to do, and was conscious of no disgrace in his abject and ape-like imitation. Boyhood in Norway
To exceed advised levels of exposure from eating grossly contaminated DU dust which had settled within a destroyed tank, in practical terms, a child would need to set about swallowing over five dessertspoons heaped with dust.
There were medley-pictures contrived of photographs cut out and grouped together in novel and unexpected relations; and there were set about divers patterns and pretences in keramics, as the decoration of earthen pots and jars was called. The Coast of Bohemia
He set about drawing up a rescue plan amid a political storm that resulted in the resignation of two cabinet ministers.
He set about reclaiming the land, building the castle and laying out formal gardens.
After releasing two albums for 4AD, Baltimore's cabaret-postpunk trio Celebration balked at resubmitting itself to the cycles of industry and set about releasing its third album, "Hello Paradise," independently, offering fans a chance — a la Radiohead — to pay what they wish to own the album. Going Gaga for Beats and Tunes
When I realized how the effect was working, I set about discovering if I could capture the same illusion by layering both sides of an old stereograph in Photoshop & displaying the result as an animated gif. Are 19th Century Stereographs The Modern-Day GIF?
I was really depressed and upset about him winning the election, like a lot of people.
Each caravan looked the same, so we decided we had to make the outside look appealing before we set about the inside.
A good many people were upset about the new tax.
Charles then set about promoting the cause of religious toleration for all non-Anglicans.
But in one of the more heroic efforts in tennis history, he set about - with characteristic assiduousness and determination - trying to acquire a grass-court game in order to win it.
These people who want greater transparency, greater accountability, are upset about the corruption and the dominant authoritarianism.
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.
I organised timetables and set about coaching him in the subjects of which I retain a smattering of knowledge. Times, Sunday Times
Ledyard never desponded -- no sooner was one of his castles demolished, than he set about building another. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828
“Monna Paula was frightened,” answered Margaret, “and did not know how to set about the errand, for you know she scarce ever goes out of doors — and so — and so — I agreed to go with her to give her courage; and, for the dress, I am sure you remember I wore it at a Christmas mumming, and you thought it not unbeseeming.” The Fortunes of Nigel
So the wagon train reformed and the Mormons surrounded them and they started off, then the order was given and the Mormons opened fire and slaughtered every man first, and then set about murdering every woman and child. 2010 March 04 « The BookBanter Blog
How does the archaeologist set about locating sites, other than through documentary sources and salvage work?
We arrived home without further mishap and then I set about dealing with the indoor problem. Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet
David's very upset about losing his job .
We went up to the room with an armful of blankets and set about making the divan and the bed next to it.
The art is to be able to avoid all emotional upset about the habit. Good Habits, Bad Habits
His wife set about upbraiding him for neglecting the children.
She was quick to cotton on to the potential of Mount Stewart's subtropical climate, and having consulted the best available plantsmen set about creating a series of magical outdoor rooms to match the interior grandeur of the house.
He set about transforming the company via a limited management buyout. Times, Sunday Times
The binmen are upset about new pay and conditions. Times, Sunday Times
Surprisingly, the receptionist got really upset about that and informed me that I'd have to wait considerably longer than half an hour for a consult.
Jaguar people were upset about you cancelling that meeting again. FINAL RESORT
With single-minded purpose and consummate skill, Morel set about organizing a movement.
Our friends having rolled in from the rain, we ordered our meals and set about the poppadums and pickles.
The press set about what can only be described as a witch-hunt. WalesOnline - Home
I slammed the kitchen door on the pair of them and set about icing my cake.
Don't get upset about the dress - there's only a little stain on it.
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She set about rearranging the furniture in the living room.
The scribed outline on the back of the splat of this chair, set about one quarter of an inch from the edge, may have been a guide for chamfering the splat after it was sawn to shape.
And he set about raising the money for what is viewed as one of the most rose-tinted ventures in the entrepreneurial spectrum - a restaurant.
I told him I was very upset about the incident and that management should call me.
She was really upset about the way her father treated her.
He shook his white mane out and set about cropping some grass from the edge of the road.
Mr Rod Perriman, the former chief inspector, resigned last year because senior inspectors were upset about the plans.
However, Turkey soon elected Mustafa Kemal, an extreme nationalist who refused to honor the treaty and set about re-occupying those lands, leaving current day Armenia as a far smaller portion of its former self. Why the Armenian Genocide Matters
But the Ford V8 had its limitations, as did the chassis, so he set about designing his own mechanicals.
BUT ... our “hero” sobered up in the morning and, discovering that the phone was now functionless, he set about prising the thing open. The Volokh Conspiracy » Is It a Crime to Receive an Item That You Know Belongs to a Third Party?
We were both terribly upset about that. The Sun
Posted to Kurdistan, he set about trying to decipher King Darius's trilingual inscription on the Great Rock of Bisitun.
Maybe it's this lack of awareness about the moral timbre of what he writes and says that causes Corn to be so upset about my description of his book as not unsympathetic to Shackley.
What we are upset about is that you ALSO can "cosponsor" legislation before and AFTER it is voted on. 06/14/2005
I want you to treat Hayley with kid gloves today. She's still upset about her father.
Now some police forces are having to wage something akin to a war of attrition from six in the evening to six in the morning as this or that hostelry or night club pours its customers out onto the pavement where they then set about trying to donder someone they do not like the look of. Outbreak of Clerical Common Sense
A well-drilled two appliance team from the fire brigade arrived and set about hosing down the road without delay.
More encouragingly, having weathered the storm, the Minstermen set about establishing a foothold in the game.
The Founding Fathers set about governing themselves and building a constitutional democracy—a postimperial multinational state—out of a wide continental wilderness that was shielded from the outside world by two even wider oceans. The Great Experiment
While I emptied the mop bucket in the flowerbed M.J. put the sopping towels in the washer, we dried the remaining wet spots on the floor, and set about the business of serving dinner.
They took one look at the clearly uncooked meat coated in a layer of flesh-eating insects and set about badgering us like a pair of rabid wolverines.
She threw the door open, and unladed the ass of all his wares, and first of the youngling, whom she shook awake, and bore into the house, and laid safely on the floor of the chamber; nor did she wait on her wailing, but set about what was to be done to kindle fire, and milk a she-goat, and get meat upon the board. The Water of the Wondrous Isles
It would also be legal to use force to enter their house/apartment/hotel room and set about smashing their stereo to smithereens with a hurley.
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.
She turned away and, silently wishing all three of them in Hades, set about her job. KISS AN ANGEL
Once the liquidator has realised all the company's assets, s/he will then set about satisfying the claims made by the creditors.
They set about disbanding the terrorist groups.
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.
I was angry, disappointed and upset about it. The Sun
He set about transforming the company via a limited management buyout. Times, Sunday Times
Yet he set about reconciling the Church and modernity, and espoused papal concern for the condition of labour. Times, Sunday Times
Early in the race, she launched an audacious attack and set about gaining a lap on the rest of the field. Times, Sunday Times
When he was born, Marc immediately set about measuring his head and then modelling it in clay.
Once the liquidator has realised all the company's assets, s/he will then set about satisfying the claims made by the creditors.
There were acres upon acres of greensward set about and cut up with gravelled walks, great alleyed rows of trees, groves without number and galleries and colonnades innumerable. Royal Palaces and Parks of France
Keys then set about assessing my home. Times, Sunday Times
The Communards set about reorganising Paris along democratic socialist lines.
With parity restored, Ireland set about the task of building on their impetus. Times, Sunday Times
In my opinion, they should stop hounding law-abiding citizens and set about catching the obvious culprits, whoever they are.
It being now settled to my satisfaction, that Mr. Beamish and the great uncloaked were "convertible terms," I set about making the 'amende' in the most handsome manner possible. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 1
By the time I have said all this, I have tired my fingers, and when I set about telling you how this poem and that story have affected me, I am at a loss for words; I am bewildered and bemazed, as it were. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
Yet he set about reconciling the Church and modernity, and espoused papal concern for the condition of labour. Times, Sunday Times
The pair set about exploring why female representation at the top of British business remains so dismal. Times, Sunday Times
He would walk up to the middle in a carefree manner, and set about his act in a masterly fashion.
I hear the ump is upset about it, but MLB won’t reverse it. Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » Les News, 060310
Not so long ago I set about rediscovering it for myself, in the company of a Native Canadian.
Xerox set about a process of reverse engineering. It pulled the machines apart and investigated the Japanese factories to find out how they could pull off such feats.
It is a sad fact that from early childhood we are tyrannised by the moral myth that it is right, proper and good to leap out of bed the moment we wake in order to set about some useful work as quickly and cheerfully as possible.
We have got a lot of people asking around and the local youngsters are upset about it so they are making inquiries too.
How archaeologists set about trying to demonstrate belief in supernatural powers and an afterlife is the subject of Chapter 10.
On the Friday before last weekend, bank officials set about trying to identify the counterparties to the foreign exchange contracts.
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.
She set about brewing some herb tea.
In fact, after perusing it a bit, I think I see a little of what laika was upset about back in the Easter discussion now ... Theophiles.org
Limpopo farmers, who have been particularly hard hit by the drought, are extremely upset about the decision.
They had bad memories to erase and they set about it with some confidence. Times, Sunday Times
I was returned to Earth by Zeta Ray, and immediately set about writing lurid pulp novels, in order to help destroy the literary conventions and tastes of mankind: once all sense of civility vanishes from a culture, it is relatively easy to turn them into zombies. INTERVIEW: Zombie John C. Wright

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