set to work

For a long time I brooded over the idea of making a canoe of the trunk of a tree, as the Indians do, and at last set to work at the task.

Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending the hinges of a gate to sharpening tools, and he would set to work eagerly.

I hope that this will be the first of many occasions I'll get to check in with you as we set to work bringing BREAKING DAWN to the screen.

Arrived in Oakland, with his snug pay-day in his pocket, he took up his old room at Bernard Higginbotham's and set to work.

Natasha, too, suddenly set to work with the ardour that was characteristic of her in all she did.

MS-DOS required you to type in arcane commands, so Microsoft set to work on making a new OS with a more accessible user interface.

So he set to work with is little hatchet, and, as the tree was a very small one, it did not take long to lay it low.

Anna put up patiently with all her aunt's whims, gradually set to work on her sister's education.

Our interest had been awakened by previous accounts of these people, and as they surrounded us I set to work to collect a vocabulary.

Tzu Chi volunteers in the United States set to work to help wildfire victims in Southern California through their hardship.

And he gave a large sum of money to the swindlers, in advance, that they should set to work without any loss of time.

Toldo will soon begin a new career as he is set to work for Inter Milan as an ambassador for the Inter Campus activities.

Chambers, who lives in Chesterfield, England, set to work on the Hobbit hole in the evenings after her boys went to bed.

With this in mind I then set to work like anything and occasionally went out for a change or did some physical.

American historians set to work as European archives were opened to discover the causes of the war.

Tom Thumb set to work at once to carve the ham. It was a beautiful shiny yellow, streaked with red.

Like a huge, many-legged monster, the regiment set to work preparing its food and lodging for the night.

I was in Cincinnati, and I set to work to map out a new career.

As soon as the old man passed away, they set to work with spades and ploughs and turned up the soil over and over.

Without a word, she returned, spit-threaded the needle like a pro, and set to work sewing up my strap.

My boss goes into his office, and I set to work playing solitaire on my computer.

One of them was knocked down at once, and several of the savages set to work to cut him up.

The old woman, when this news reached her, wept for as long as she could spare time, and then set to work again.

I had been there little more than a week when I set to work in earnest.

This was duly rejected and my new design was accepted. Overjoyed, I set to work immediately.

Then he set to work laying siege to her with letters.

To test the technology, I set to work on a collection of about 4, 000 images and was pleasantly surprised by the results.

Former propagandists for the Japanese were set to work manufacturing North Korean myths.

They set to work skimming oily water and treating the slick with chemical dispersants.

The mouse set to work at once, biting with his sharp little teeth at the heavy ropes that held the lion.

Nizam and his brother Kamal set to work on plans, phone calls, press releases, and posters.

The English have given themselves a shock. They must now set to work making their society better. They have no choice.

So he set to work to pound and compound fresh materials for a new experiment.

When Natasha set to work, she found two boxes standing open in the hall: one packed almost full of china, the other full of rugs .

Today, at long last set to work getting a book, have a good sense of achievement ah ha ha!

He set to work making a bicycle out of bamboo.

NARRATOR: The tailors took over a room in the palace and set to work at once.

Engineers set to work on plans to transfer water from the Yangtze to the dry north and the dwindling Yellow river.

I made up my mind to this and set to work, not, I must confess, without some repugnance.

Then I assembled the component data and set to work, checking in with Banks only occasionally.

Having come to a decision, we immediately set to work.

After the diners have ordered, the robots in the kitchen set to work cooking.

Finally, you have despair all over again when you get the stuff home and set to work with the Allen key.

Back at squadron headquarters, the six unloaded the supplies in a big industrial kitchen and set to work.

"Bring me some ghee, " Ganesh said, and after Gold Teeth had done so, he set to work.

Software developers set to work on multi touch applications.

Everywhere you look, from business to science to government, teams of people are set to work solving problems.

He handed the two swindlers a rich earnest that they should set to work.

We tuck Rachel into the bed with Christiane. She promptly falls asleep, and then we set to work.

On receiving the assignment from the Dean, he immediately set to work.

Sony agreed to establish a new line of cameras, and, usingtheprototype, Pace set to work.

It might therefore be the case that in iteration 2, you would set to work implementing their recommendations.

So she set to work , and very soon finished off the cake.

He can try to fish; but to do this he needs either a hook and line, or a net, and he must set to work on these.

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On his return form Europe, Lester set to work.

They were set to work early, hence many of the accidents.

Bethune, who was very tired on his arrival, set to work at once.

For six weeks, Piechowski was set to work carrying corpses after executions.

So the Alfreds coaxed the department to release that data, and then they set to work crunching it.

He set to work to draft his statement to the magistrate .

The Chamberlain showed the two weavers to a large airy room and they set to work.

When at last all these obstacles were overcome, the small team set to work.

They set to work with a will.

They set to work and drilled enough pump wells to irrigate more land.

That light was actually set to work only on the chair!

The repairman set to work on the television.

She rolled [turned] up her sleeves and set to work.

Keys: 1. On receiving the assignment, we immediately set to work.

We set to work with a will.

The coffee break is over; it's about time you set to work.

What did the Man do but fix it intothe axe head, and soon set to work cutting down tree after tree.

But Nasser deposed Naguib in 1954 and set to work building the system that the Egyptian revolutionaries have just brought to its knees.

She got her gloves off and set to work at once.

The medical team set to work as soon as they arrived.

He rolled up his sleeves and set to work.

he set to work to correct his defects.

On arriving there, we all set to work.

Harriman set to work in a characteristic style .

On arriving there, we set to work.

He set to work with real goodwill.

As soon as the lights were out, these untiring nibblers set to work .

Am I to set to work?

They set to work as soon as they arrived.

We went out to buy more wood, and he set to work at once.

He set to work heartily.

The machine is set to work.

In order to steal - er, claim - a spot next to Brad Pitt, one must have a great set to work with.

They set to work as soon as the plan was made.

On his return from Europe, he set to work in earnest.

The holes were already dug , and they set to work .

All joking apart, we should set to work immediately.

We can set to work with a light heart.

The young men are set to work at a fixed routine, and only occasionally even see the president as he passes in and out of the characters;

high time we set to work if we want to finish the task today.

Having enough data in hand, we can set to work.

he set to work in earnest.

We can set to work now if you wish.

he set to work very early every day.

Unlike frescoes, the ground applied to walls was dry when Tang painters set to work. (The nature of this ground is still not known. )

pitch in: to set to work energetically

Having enough data in hand, we can set to work. ? ? set about

Haskins set to work and in a couple of hours brought a sheet of typewritten paper to the desk;