Example sentences of "set before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They offered their time , effort and resources to me willingly , and were ever anxious to set before me their personal views of this highly experimental area . |
| 2 | His charm , his little anecdotes , even this scene played in the velvet darkness — all of it had been to answer the challenge she 'd so foolishly set before him . |
| 3 | At the auberge , they set before me a beautiful soup with dumplings in it , followed by a great white sausage on a small alp of potato and onion-rings . |
| 4 | It is difficult to see how anyone could notice the absence of white meat or fish with such an unending variety of tastes set before them . |
| 5 | In a similar way , the fact that the Prime Minister is leader of the party and the fact that the majority party in Parliament invariably supports the Prime Minister 's lead and the legislation set before them , does not " prove " that the party itself is without influence over the Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Meal times were silent : everyone at the table in time for grace to be said ; everyone eating what was set before him . |
| 7 | He seized the Scotch that was set before him and drained it . |
| 8 | The writer of the Book of Hebrews links the joy and suffering of Christ by saying : ‘ Let us fix our eyes on Jesus , the author and perfecter of our faith , who for the joy set before him endured the cross , scorning its shame , and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God . ’ |
| 9 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 10 | The china cup of brandy set before him was like nectar . |
| 11 | On the grounds set before him . ’ |
| 12 | Because what she wants is smaller and less costly than what has been set before her , she never recognises as gluttony her determination to get what she wants , however troublesome it may be to others … |
| 13 | In a crowded restaurant she gives a little scream at the plate which some overworked waitress has set before her and says , ‘ Oh , that 's far , far too much ! |
| 14 | It was nearly as tall an order as Eva 's father had set before her at the beginning of her life . |
| 15 | I confess to not being in a position to bring his painstaking research into question so I shall confine myself to what is set before me . |
| 16 | An array of instances , almost of specimens , is set before us ; and we are invited to make our own observations , inferring from them as much as they will bear . |
| 17 | In 1910 , when the Golden Jubilee of Thomas Street was being celebrated , the Quarterly Board looked at all the work of God on the Circuit and among other things they recorded their feeling that ‘ in Edenderry there is set before us an open door and we are determined to enter in . ’ |
| 18 | A fair summary of the whole might be ‘ the brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God , revealed in Jesus ’ teaching and example , and set before us as the goal which we are called to realise' . |
| 19 | Never a season passes without something new being set before us ; the resources of the rose seem limitless . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the design comes directly from the traditional vocabulary and , with thought , it can be performed by dancers who possess strong and precise technique and who can enjoy the challenge it sets before them . |
| 21 | You see , Christmas is linked with the season of Advent — the season of hope which sets before us the hope of his coming to restore all things and bring all things to a glorious conclusion . |
| 22 | In this elegant , compassionate , deeply researched book , the tremendously caring Geoffrey Moorhouse sets before us the facts and figures , the jingoism , pride , pain , as well as the hideous smugness , the cock-ups , the arrogance , and the disasters made by ‘ those who know better ’ . |
| 23 | Fen made no comment about the meal she set before him , but , she noticed , he ate with relish and from time to time she felt him observing her contemplatively . |