Example sentences of "[adv] and set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 12 , 1989 , the Grey Panthers , formerly a group of some 25,000 members within the Greens reflecting the interests of older citizens , split away and set itself up as a new political party called the Greys ( die Grauen ) . |
| 2 | ‘ A gin and tonic , please , ’ she replied , and , when he brought it over and set it down before her on a low table , ‘ It 's very good of you to see me , ’ she thought she should mention . |
| 3 | Gradually harden them off and set them out in late May or early June when nights are no longer frosty . |
| 4 | She went to sleep , she was so heavy that he thought he could barely carry her another step but he got her home and set her down in the warmth of the kitchen . |
| 5 | An , you know yourself , I 've come every week here and set them up in different bits and pieces . ’ |
| 6 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 7 | She extracted him determinedly and set him down on his feet , whereupon he wobbled perilously backwards and forwards , then set off at a tremendous pace across the courtyard , with his mother following , calling apologies back to Caroline as she disappeared from view . |