Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 At once she set a tone that would not be easily wrested from her .
2 After those championships she has her sights set on a more demanding six-day track event in Australia ; she set a world best for 538 miles at the equivalent event in 1990 .
3 She set a hand on one huge shoulder .
4 She set a match to them and they smouldered economically .
5 She set the candle down .
6 Very carefully , very deliberately , she set the knife down on the worktop .
7 As she set the pot on the table , her father came into the kitchen , his beard dark with melting snow .
8 She set the chicken in the oven .
9 She set the alarm .
10 And before she set the thought aside , she too responded in kind , and wondered , Was it him ?
11 She set the table and began breakfast .
12 She set the table and checked the soufflé .
13 She set the time and was too happy to notice that he was more like a man listening to a door close than one going towards his joy .
14 She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils .
15 She set the coffee down on the little table and perched on the edge of the bed .
16 She set the hat down and came across to him .
17 She glared at him as she set the glass down with a clatter .
18 She set the glass down on the table , her hand shaking so that it rattled against the ornate white-painted metal .
19 Decisively she set the glass down and stood up .
20 He glanced at her as she set the tray down on the table between them , then frowned , seeing how Karr was staring at her .
21 What we 'd effectively do which code , what effectively do of course is we we trundle down here checking to see if any of these are set to one and if they are set to one we set a weight in memory .
22 So we set the scene , we look good , we have n't crushed them to death and he 's gon na take us into one or two areas
23 A thousand pounds a month , that 's what we set the plan up for .
24 We set the contract up .
25 Anyhow we was supposed to , they set a field kitchen up in the farmyard to , as part of the exercise , to feed us er and er they handed out some meat pies , you know , we just had one ta oh taste and well
26 But I mean that would just be an argument about where they set the level that you no longer were to qualify for child benefit , but I mean , bu , you know , presuma , presumably er , th the point the man was was making that er , the child benefit goes equally
27 It will also help him set the stock level for each item , so that he has sufficient stock , but not too much .
28 He watched her set the bowl on an upturned box .
29 But he set a date , put an Assistant Manager in charge and after a small conflab set the number at 50 .
30 As the winner of both his races this season , Cruising Altitude was fully entitled to start favourite at the weights and he set a course record beating the time of Run For Free in the opener who had himself just broken the previous record .
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