Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They set me up as a target . |
| 2 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 3 | Set them out with a trowel in well watered ground . |
| 4 | ‘ We set it up as a pilot programme to answer the call for more training in the field . |
| 5 | One brave man grabbed a Lewis gun and , to save time , set it up on a rubbish bin rather than the tripod and fired away . |
| 6 | Jackson made his final attempt with the tea , then set it down with a grimace of distaste . |
| 7 | Lesley brought in a laden tray , set it down on a side-table , and distributed cups in silence . |
| 8 | Of how a man might contrive to open a cylinder of phetam , and perhaps set us up as a God-King himself , on a more salubrious world … |