Example sentences of "he set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sets the scene , intervenes , sums up . |
| 2 | They are happy rooting around for Fly Agaric toadstools in a farmer 's back garden until he sets the dogs on them , and would be miserable if you dragged them up anything taller than a caravan . |
| 3 | Here he sets the scene , and interviews Jan Urban , the leader of Civic Forum , and Valtre Komarek , a key economic minister |
| 4 | ( In his Mass ‘ Tota pulchra es ’ , for instance , he sets the Benedictus as a canon for tenor and bass . ) |
| 5 | He sets the clergy against each other in rivalry for his favours . |
| 6 | He sets the little circlets on her fingertips |
| 7 | He set the village up as a separate body even then under a charitable trust , which it continues to be to this day . |
| 8 | Taking a chair , he set the camera up in the yard outside , bending over for a moment to fiddle with it . |
| 9 | He set the car alarm , and went up to the door . |
| 10 | When Charles received the ( initially ) doubtful title of emperor from Pope Leo III on Christmas Day , 800 , he set the scene for later claims that the Pope had the power to install , or to depose , the Emperor . |
| 11 | Though his thought may have been in some respects dry and narrow as a result , he set the agenda for modern philosophy and theology . |
| 12 | Looping a line over the crosstrees , he set the storm jib , sheeting it out to port in hope of putting the greater strain on the starboard stays . |
| 13 | His knowledge of athletics , along with several other sports , was almost encyclopaedic , and together with fellow presenter David Coleman , he set the high standards for television coverage of athletics which have helped bring to the sport the huge audiences it enjoys today . |
| 14 | Sometimes he set the sessions , and they were quite the toughest bouts of training that I have ever undertaken . |
| 15 | This tale is fiction , but it shows the kind of success story which a twelfth-century Englishman could expect his audience to swallow ; and it is probably significant that he set the story in Italy , the land of merchants and wealth . |
| 16 | Sweating profusely , he set the fuse to just less than two seconds . |
| 17 | For two hours he 'd have me swimming after a brush held in front of my nose , while he set the pace up and down the side of the baths . |
| 18 | Dropping a handful of loose coins on to the table , he set the empty glass down and rose to his feet . |
| 19 | He set the hammer action and drove the bit in between two shiny bolts . |
| 20 | He set the tray down gently by the bedside , and picked up what was left of the mummy . |
| 21 | He set the tone by drawing out a plan of the Manchester office . |
| 22 | He set the little green alien on his shoulder and leaned on the console , looking out at the Perks . |
| 23 | He set the kettle down with a rap on the draining-board . |
| 24 | He set the mug on the tray . |
| 25 | He set the great Runesmith Alaric the Mad to work making twelve rune swords , one for each of the great chieftains of men who commanded Sigmar 's armies . |
| 26 | He looked at Carrie as he set the candle down to give himself two free hands for the goose . |
| 27 | There was also Wartberg himself : he set the pattern for all my future employers . |
| 28 | He wanted me to do you and he set the scene . |
| 29 | He set the hotel alarm clock touched . |
| 30 | He set the wine aside . |