Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy Roberts set the Caribbean fast bowling conveyor belt in motion . |
| 2 | Skippers Bistro in Dock Place set the example , but several others followed , on both sides of the mouth of the Water of Leith . |
| 3 | Martin Crowe set the South African bowlers back on their heels by ignoring his safety-first opener John Wright and sending the pugnacious left-hander Mark Greatbatch in first with Latham . |
| 4 | Amongst many other ways in which Joseph Bédier set the pattern for subsequent scholarly study of the French fabliaux in his book of 1893 , he elevated the question of the social origins of this literary form . |
| 5 | Nael Mahfouz set the girls impossible tasks , then inflicted the kinky blows when they failed . |
| 6 | Ali MacGraw set the ball rolling with Love Story ; Shirley MacLaine examined sex after 40 and death at any age in Terms of Endearment ; Bette Midler proved you could hate and loathe your best friend in Beaches ; and Juliet Stevenson screamed the fury of love lost — and the disappointment of love regained — in Truly , Madly , Deeply . |
| 7 | In a television broadcast on April 3 President Chadli Bendjedid set the date of June 27 for Algeria 's first multiparty general election . |
| 8 | In the 250 race Gary Jess set the pace for eight of the 12 laps , before front fork failure forced him to slow down . |
| 9 | Then came the comeback … more a miracle as Town cracked … five goals in thirty minutes … top scorer Craig Maskell set the ball rolling … his first of the year … his twentieth of the season … |
| 10 | KEVIN Keegan set the seal yesterday on Liam O'Brien 's sizzling start to the season at Newcastle . |
| 11 | Beth Shepherd set the two bags down on the kitchen table then went to the garden door and undid the top catch . |
| 12 | Australian Peter O'Marley set the early pace with a 4 under par 638 . |
| 13 | 3–0 to West Indies set the tour back on its path towards normality after the Test aberrations in Jamaica and Trinidad . |
| 14 | A horse called Metronome and a rider called Pippa Nolan set the pace over the cross country course at Blenheim on Saturday … second after the dressage they pushed into the lead … a re-run of last year when Pippa went and lost it on the showjumping … this year the field was even tougher |
| 15 | Bradley Allen set the tone in the first minute when he hit the post after Spurs goalkeeper Ian Walker had flapped at Wilson 's cross . |
| 16 | That first appearance in 1949 for a Christmas show at Buckingham Palace set the seal on a special friendship between the King of Camp and the Royal Family . |
| 17 | Goals in the first five minutes by Dennis Greene and Keith Scott set the Buckinghamshire side on the path to victory , but they had to wait until the 68th minute before Simon Stapleton settled the issue . |
| 18 | Li Yuan set the bowl aside and stood , looking down at her . |
| 19 | George Bush set the tone in his notorious ‘ chicken Kiev ’ speech , urging Ukrainians to stick with the Soviet Union just four months before they voted massively for independence . |
| 20 | HAA Chairman Charles Shea Simonds set the scene then introduced Bernie Forward of the Air Accident Investigation Board who used video clips and slides to highlight recent accidents . |
| 21 | He considered it ‘ obvious to everyone that neither Pakistan nor Thailand in SEATO , nor Iraq , Iran or Turkey in the Baghdad Pact set the policy ’ . |
| 22 | The Wagner Report set the goal that residential care should offer a positive experience : ‘ actively aimed at providing every resident with the highest quality of life of which they are capable and indeed a better life than would be open to them in any other environment ’ ( ibid. , p. 8 ) . |
| 23 | FOUR goals from Ian Fearns set the seal on a 9-0 win for Lussac at NELTC in the I-Zingari Combination first division , David Brown adding a hattrick . |
| 24 | But when they reached the railway line and Mister Johnny set the goose down and said , ‘ Gurlyi , gurlyi , ’ she knew what he was trying to say . |
| 25 | Williams from Didcot in Oxfordshire the champions of 92 are the favourites for 93 … but what will life be like without Mansell … will Prost be back to his best … can new boy Damon Hill set the world alight |
| 26 | Tibbetts RN set the fuses on Campbeltown 's warhead . |
| 27 | She gives you ‘ The Look ’ in much the same way that Lauren Bacall does , and you play the game — Michael Parkinson set the rules with Shirley MacLaine . |
| 28 | Glenn Hoddle sprung a surprise by playing himself after a 5 month injury lay-off and in the opening minute Swindon were crowing ; just 30 seconds had gone , when Shaun Close set the match rolling with a freak of a goal . |
| 29 | John Boyes set the time to beat at Bournemouth in 1984 |