Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah collected some mugs from a cupboard and set them down close to the coffee maker ; she looked impatiently at the level of coffee in the jug , as if the slowness of the process was a familiar annoyance . |
| 2 | I drained one of the small glasses and set it down close to the wall on the floor . |
| 3 | But she did n't carry it for long , ’ Harriet drained her cup and set it down noisily on the tray . |
| 4 | Hari took the tea Beatie handed her and set it down quickly on the scrubbed wooden table . |
| 5 | Scientists on the ground had final control over the detonation of the larger 200 kilo explosive package and set it off directly on the magnetic field lines in the middle of the auroral arc . |