Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Franca even wished that she could set up a relation of some kind with him . |
| 2 | But when you begin fishing , if it is a swim you have never fished before with a swimfeeder , it is essential that you find out how long it takes to empty so that you can set up a rhythm of casting and feeding . |
| 3 | He expressed his hope that they would set up a national assembly and leadership council in exile to focus efforts around a single opposition leadership . |
| 4 | ‘ You know what I think about this ‘ protected species ’ business , ’ he said , reshuffling the logs , ‘ I think they 're protecting all the game for themselves so they can set up a hunter 's paradise for the rich — for foreigners and high-ranking government officials . |
| 5 | The newcomers will be hoping that the unsettling bid talk will die down so they can set about the more urgent tasks that lie ahead . |
| 6 | I know they were collecting recordings of all the national songs , so they could set up a Ratio Free Norway or Denmark or Italy somewhere , after … ’ |
| 7 | To deal with such difficulties and unnecessary travel of pieces of paper the Bank of England announced in November 1988 that it would set up a Central Money Markets Office ( CMO ) to develop a book entry transfer system to enable money market instrument paper to be ‘ immobilised ’ and eventually be ‘ dematerialised ’ . |
| 8 | Another faction was led by the conservative former NSF secretary Velicu Redina , who declared that he would set up a new social democratic NSF . |
| 9 | ‘ Fenella and I would set out a day later , ’ he said , looking at Fenella and thinking that she was rather a nice sort of companion to be having on a journey . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman is quite mistaken , and I will set out the position clearly for him . |
| 11 | Ahm so I 'm going to see if I could set up a baby sitting circle or something like that . |
| 12 | And we 'll set up a , so we 're going to , you , you devise an experiment , Neil . |
| 13 | We 've just finished the first round of waivers for people receiving the Home Care Service , and the criteria that I was giving you reflected those , and so when you get your letter , if you feel that you 've got particular financial problems or particular family situations we should take into account , erm then do get in touch with us and we 'll process it and we 'll set out a procedure for you in the letter that we send . |
| 14 | Erm and I think the tenants ' group came to us and , and asked us if we would set up an advice session for tenants moving out , which could be situated in the flats , and could be run on a regular basis . |
| 15 | I 've also had a query from a Sheffield Wednesday fan asking if they could set up a list here too ( the answer was no ! ) |
| 16 | To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will set up a Select Committee to consider the investigations into the Lockerbie air disaster . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will set up an inquiry into the structure of local government in Northern Ireland . |
| 18 | Call J. J. Gerrard direct and see if he could set up a spot on Briant for tonight 's edition ? |
| 19 | The legal terms of this agreement will not necessarily govern the day-to-day relationship between the record company and artist , but it will set out the obligations of both parties , or ‘ who is responsible for what ’ . |
| 20 | Before she could set out the cups she had to remove a large heavy book — Crockford — which occupied the centre of the table . |
| 21 | But before she could set off the next day , the hospital telephoned with bad news . |
| 22 | Windows is stuffed full of things you have to configure or change before you can set up a printer , for example . |
| 23 | Before he can set out the book reaches a savage climax as a night bivouac comes under heavy bombardment with rockets and mortars : the violence , noise and confusion are captured , as is the terrifying helplessness which contrasts with the circumstances of his first wound in action during an armoured charge under gunfire . |