Deciding that he ought to test the apparatus, the inspector promptly set to work.

When something goes wrong, it is very difficult to fix blame and promptly set a course for remedial action.

The present writer, who in another district also watched him speak, promptly set aside the plan to sleep away from home that night.

He promptly set free the brother of the governor and signed a peace treaty.

And the players promptly set about taking over the asylum.

When the decision was made, judges here promptly set execution dates for prisoners affected, and most came in the same period of time.

He promptly set about building rapport with the white business establishment while retaining his support among blacks.

Atkins promptly set up his biscuit baking business and became rich.

The men set promptly to work, following the plan Liriel had laid out.

Her son promptly sets to work to trap an insect crawling on a table.