Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 2 | Picking up the drinks , she crossed the room and set them down on the trestle , careful to keep her face turned away from the window . |
| 3 | She allowed Margaret Seymour-Strachey to bring in the tea things and set them out on the bedside table without speaking further . |
| 4 | ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’ |
| 5 | I set it carefully on the edition of Sophocles by her bed , intending to retrieve it later . |
| 6 | Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor . |
| 7 | They set it down on the floor in the middle of the room , as the T'ang had instructed them earlier , then backed away , heads lowered . |
| 8 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 9 | He emptied his cup and set it down on the table . |
| 10 | Curval took out the slide — it seemed not as carefully as before — and set it down on the table beside him . |
| 11 | Taking a cooking bowl from the side he part filled it from the water jar and set it down on the ring . |
| 12 | Cadfael removed a simmering pot from the grid on the side of his brazier , set it aside on the earth floor to cool , and added a couple of turfs to damp down the glow , before straightening his back with some caution , and sitting down beside his friend . |