Sentence examples for she set about giving from inspiring English sources

To lessen the hostility of the local people she set about giving them gifts of candy, gum, cigarettes, and soap.

She set about giving all the desserts she loved a plant-based makeover, combining the traditional techniques she learned at restaurant school with the healing natural ingredients she discovered at NGI.

Ages ago, back when England were busy running down the clock against Slovenia, this pair set about giving the clock the time of its life.

The brilliant jazz pianist Thelonious Monk often adopted the flat-fingered technique of a child; the Portsmouth Sinfonia (who really couldn't play their instruments) set about giving perfectly serious minded accounts of classic orchestral scores such as the Rossini's overture to William Tell.

Over the past year she has set about giving the terra-cotta warriors a sex change.

Then he set about giving his creation a voice.

The moment the Cadburys could afford to, they set about giving back.

In 1971, he set about giving them the mother of all comedowns with A Clockwork Orange.

Soon after he became the county executive, in 1992, he set about giving Oakland an independent identity.

So, with the enthusiasm of a child confronted with the domestic possibilities of a brand-new dollhouse, Simmons set about giving each room a name.

Hayward, divorced and without children, promised to be her godmother and set about giving Jones-Burns experiences and opportunities that made her feel like Cinderella.