Example sentences of "[noun] and set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cornelius retrieved both letter and card and set them down before him . |
| 2 | Simply waggle the club and set it down in your normal address position . |
| 3 | He lifted the tray from her lap and set it down by the bed . |
| 4 | The bunkers ate into the fairway at around the 240-yard mark to cool the aggressive ardour of the professional golfer who might try to cut the slight dogleg and set himself up for an easier shot into the two-tier green . |
| 5 | As his eyes fell on the crucifix he realized that he 'd always loathed it , and in a small gesture of defiance he lifted it off its hook and set it down on top of the filing cabinet . |
| 6 | Skinner released Nina from his protection and set her down in an armchair . |
| 7 | After the wedding he and Margaret and Macnab moved to another flat , in Onslow Gardens , South Kensington , where the two men issued a prospectus and set themselves up as private tutors . |
| 8 | Taking a cooking bowl from the side he part filled it from the water jar and set it down on the ring . |
| 9 | Svend Larsen pushed a pile of papers to one side of his desk , took a platter of open sandwiches from the top of his bookcase and set it down between Elisabeth and himself . |
| 10 | ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’ |
| 11 | Our holidays depart from six regional airports — Heathrow , Gatwick , Birmingham , Glasgow , Manchester and Bristol and set you down in one of 16 Italian airports . |
| 12 | And the first man who pursued me did so to gouge a small fortune out of my father , to marry his true sweetheart and set himself up in business . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Mr Anderson therefore gave him the Hailing Ferry in perpetuity and set him up in a shed selling chandlery to the barge owners . |
| 15 | She allowed Margaret Seymour-Strachey to bring in the tea things and set them out on the bedside table without speaking further . |
| 16 | He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use . |
| 17 | It is a mark of Hilton 's clarity of thought and practical spirituality that he should pick up the episcopal ideal of a composite life-style and set it up as the modus vivendi for a spiritually — minded temporal lord . |
| 18 | I have left the dialogue unchanged but removed some of the author 's comments and set it out in sociological rather than novelistic conventions . |
| 19 | Simon bought up the costume store and set himself up in premises in Southwark , under the name Snogogram International . |
| 20 | I pulled the little guy from my pocket and set him down on my desk . |
| 21 | Boyd 's ability to take a controversial subject and set it down into explicable proportions is tested to the full in this work and the way in which the line fell into the Great Central 's hands together with the relationship of Benjamin Piercy 's trustees provides the kind of issues that keeps historians in correspondence for years to come . |
| 22 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 23 | He emptied his cup and set it down on the table . |
| 24 | ‘ And I 'm quite sure that you are exactly my style ! ’ he added smoothly , removing the champagne glass from her trembling hand and setting it down on a nearby table . |
| 25 | Edberg stamped his world class authority on the match , dominating the 90 minute final and setting himself up for the defence of his Wimbledon title . |
| 26 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 27 | One takes home the bargain and sets it down in its place , and sees either one 's own talent or poverty of imagination . |
| 28 | Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I perfected the technique of entering my bedsit without anyone hearing me or noticing me , but eventually it became impossible to stay there ad infinitum without paying my rent , so I took all my military kit and some clothes and set myself up in the changing room at the barracks . |