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Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] set " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I had my heart set on a soft-top — preferably a Corvette or a Mustang — and I was n't going to let a spot of bracing weather stand in my way .
2	But I had my heart set on training a bird .
3	Brushing my hair set my teeth on edge but I finally got most of it laying down , and at least you could n't see my new bumps from the front .
4	‘ As you saw , I 've got my tent set up now on the island .
5	The aims of the work operated in different ways but principally they represented my attempt to set personal responses to premature labour into a cultural context .
6	My dybbuk set out to drive me crazy , and she damned near did .
7	‘ But do n't worry — my boss sets a lot of store by this little beauty .
8	It was , but he had the sheet in front of him , which had my targets set on it .
9	‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out .
10	My resolve to set up an inquiry into the social security system was strengthened by one other important factor .
11	Before he died my father set up a trust to endow the Sherman Field Museum of Natural History in Washington .
12	In September my father set off for Fontanellato to find somewhere for us to live , just as the teacher from the South had done .
13	Again I was making no contact with the flying control and as I did not have a WT operator I could not use my wireless set to inform the station that I was in this predicament .
14	In view of the limited time available before the scheduled date for Advance Data Capture for Council Tax purposes I will ask my secretary to set up a meeting to discuss this document and Council Tax structures and staffing levels in a couple of weeks time .
15	I used to find my bed set at an angle from the wall , and though I straightened it , always it was moved back into this odd position .
16	‘ There 's a speed limit in this city , sir , and as an officer of the law it 's my duty to set a good example . ’
17	My expression sets a little grim .
18	No-one of my generation set out to be a war correspondent , at least not in Europe , because we supposed that previous generations had disposed of all that and that war in Europe , if it were ever to occur again , would be the kind of war that would leave no-one alive to write about it .
19	One of my TV sets lives in my cottage beside Hampstead Heath , the other in my penthouse by the sea at Folkestone .
20	My tank set up for breeding Cardinal tetras .
21	I potter and practise on my newly-restored Orange Beast , my socket set in the sidecar and patience at the ready .
22	And so if one of my colleagues sets out on a reform designed to get better value for money and a more effective health service , I 'm going to support him .
23	I made a mental note to myself that if the doctor on her case set that beautiful leg anything other than back the way it should be , then he had better start looking for a good dentist .
24	And her values set my teeth on edge — she does n't care about anything . ’
25	Meredith 's face flushed and her jaw set aggressively .
26	She patted the buffon which concealed her ample bosom , her jaw set ready for a fight .
27	The drawback , inevitably , is that everything is dependent upon the existence of a CAB in the area , its willingness to set up the scheme , and the co-operation of the local profession .
28	She had her heart set on it . ’
29	Was n't it hard enough on that poor child to know no parents , to be totally disowned by her relations up in Westlands , to be brought up an orphan in the convent in second-hand clothes , and sent to a secretarial course when she had her heart set on going to university without being mown down by a car on her first week .
30	Barbra , 50 , had her heart set on property in California until she found out it was in the path of the killers which are slowly migrating north from South America where 600 people have been stung to death .