Example sentences of "[pron] set a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I next ran at Oslo where I set a personal best for 200 metres , so that was encouraging . |
| 2 | ‘ While you were following your own pursuits this morning , I set a few more wheels in motion . |
| 3 | ‘ Señorita , I was expecting you — see , I set a place . |
| 4 | Before she went to Navron she told Harry she felt like the well fed birds that could only fly about in their cage , but ‘ one day I set a linnet free which flew straight out of my hand towards the sun . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I set an alarm . |
| 6 | Last year I set an agenda which said that ’ we needed eighteen months to get in shape for the eventual economic upturn ’ . |
| 7 | Someone set a bomb at the house of the US Attorney General . |
| 8 | If you wanted somebody to set a bomb on the Swazi rail line , then Dirk would do the job . |
| 9 | All I 'm waiting for right , is for somebody to set a precedent for for erm doing people for manslaughter because of secondary lung cancer then you 're fucking history sonny . |
| 10 | Walter Cocking 's Everyman Four TRF receiver , which set a standard of performance for the rest to try to emulate . |
| 11 | The most memorable aspect of their doomed love was Henreid 's gallant — and erotic — way of lighting her cigarettes , which set a new fashion in flirtation . |
| 12 | Ms Tyson has supported the Japanese-American semiconductor agreements , the last of which set a proposed share of part of the Japanese chip market of 20% ; she says that not all sectors should be treated to the ‘ market-share ’ approach , but that the administration reserves the right to use it where appropriate . |
| 13 | Another important type of statutory ouster clause are clauses which set a time-limit on judicial review . |
| 14 | In 1963 , Butler and Stokes began a series of surveys which set a new pattern , and a new standard , for the study of voting behaviour in Britain : their sample was large , nation-wide , and was interviewed several times between 1963 and 1970 ; and the authors were concerned to apply a rigour that had been absent from most of the earlier single constituency studies of electoral choice . |
| 15 | The motion on the Local Government Finance Bill — which set a record — was also introduced before debate had begun . |
| 16 | One of the best of early Romanesque churches in this region is S. Ambrogio in Milan , which set a pattern for Lombard churches . |
| 17 | Coun Carr told the policy and resources meeting , which set a tax of £353 : ‘ We have been short-changed £800,000 by the Government and that has inevitably had an effect on the level of the charge . |
| 18 | Lord Clinton , chairman , said : ‘ This is a marvellous result which sets a precedent which should be heeded by all the water and detergent companies and is a positive step forward for the future health of all rivers in the South West . ’ |
| 19 | That which sets a limited partnership apart from an ordinary partnership is the fact that provided certain requirements are met ‘ limited partners ’ may escape full liability for partnership debts ; thus their liability is limited to the extent of their investment in the partnership . |
| 20 | Dismissal and striking out ( save for want of prosecution ) are conditional on the court first having made an " unless " order , that is an order which sets a time limit for compliance after which an order for dismissal and striking out may be made ( Ord 22 , r 3 ) . |
| 21 | But this could be seen as simply a more than usually coherent version of a familiar Austro-German interpretation of nineteenth century music history , which sets an over-privileged Viennese tradition at its normative centre . |
| 22 | The All the Year Round Christmas Number for 1865 , ‘ Mugby Junction ’ ( CS 19 ) , which includes the ghost story of ‘ The Signalman ’ , has for its setting a great railway junction in the Midlands ( Rugby ) , and CD 's journalism contains many references to railways , e.g. ‘ A Flight ’ ( RP ) , which vividly evokes the journey from London to Paris by train and boat . |
| 23 | The Pacer allows you to set a bleeper in five beat increments , ie , if you are 36 between 130 and 160 . |
| 24 | In running these , it must itself set an example of competence and imagination . |
| 25 | But if you set a personal best indoors , on the heavy training that you have been undertaking , it is a tremendous incentive . |
| 26 | You expect that if you set a 10:10 standard on a [ large well-known company ] for a , say a pickle liquor , or something , if you did that they would comply because they 're big enough and they 've got the expertise , and so on . |
| 27 | So long as you set a limit to the essay you will have confidence and control . |
| 28 | As soon as you set a limit to your endurance , you are lost . |
| 29 | The DIP switches are concerned mainly with monitor type — you set a block of three of the six switches to indicate the maximum resolution your monitor is capable of — and whether or not you will want to use the 32k colour modes ( and you will , believe me ! ) |
| 30 | CATHERINE You set a valuation on things too , do you ? |