Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] set [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having heard all the horror stories about being nicked for speeding in the US , I was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the traffic was travelling at about 70mph , so I set the cruise control at around that speed and tried not to look conspicuous . |
| 2 | OK , so you set the flat on fire . |
| 3 | Once I had got to grips with how to work the machine I noticed that the harmoniser in the machine did n't appear to work properly : ie. if I set the interval to a major 3rd , the processor would intermittently switch between a major 3rd and a minor 3rd . |
| 4 | But if you set a personal best indoors , on the heavy training that you have been undertaking , it is a tremendous incentive . |
| 5 | You expect that if you set a 10:10 standard on a [ large well-known company ] for a , say a pickle liquor , or something , if you did that they would comply because they 're big enough and they 've got the expertise , and so on . |
| 6 | And I mean , if you set a list to do something for a day Yeah . |
| 7 | The garter carriage can be used to knit a ribbed welt , but always remember that if you set the garter carriage to knit a 24 row welt and then leave it , that is all it will achieve . |
| 8 | If you set the right standards and she knows that she ca n't fool you , you 'll be all right . |
| 9 | You can have more fun though if you set the level of symmetry higher than 1 . |
| 10 | I says well you can if you set the alarm the clock ! |
| 11 | It may well be that if you set the penalties so high , and if you can have a hundred per cent detection , then there may well be a deterrent element in these crimes , but basically the law is clearing up a mess , and the mess has occurred , and then the law comes along and does the best it can . |
| 12 | If you set an area outside which you can not sail then tag one another by doing a tack or a gybe around them , it can turn into a very good game where you can build up your own tactics . |
| 13 | If we set a man to paint , he uses an instinctive faculty of ‘ forming ’ , so that out of chaos something communicative emerges . |
| 14 | If we set the poem 's rubric , which informs us that we shall be reading a fabliau , on one side for the moment , we could in the first stanza be looking at a tail-rhyme romance — a type familiar in English literature from the fourteenth century . |
| 15 | ‘ The theory is that if we set the lead the passengers will overcome their inhibitions and join in , ’ Niall added . |
| 16 | Unless you set a time or something . |
| 17 | In a sense that mechanism is the cause of the industrial change : the shift to a new international division of labour occurs because of the international market and the multinational corporations , or because they set the framework for profit-oriented production and investment . |
| 18 | Albert , take Carrie to fetch the goose while I set the table . ’ |
| 19 | Then go upstairs , while I set the necessary wheels in motion , and wait for me . " |
| 20 | I keep rehearsing that low brace that I have been thinking about ever since we set a date for our attempt . |
| 21 | Opening remarks are important since they set the tone for the rest of the sales interview . |
| 22 | " Be off , before I set the dogs on you ! " |
| 23 | How much can Japan 's corporate punters sell before they set the market sliding under their feet ? |
| 24 | Their arrest came only days after they set a new world record for cycling at altitude across the Himalayas . |
| 25 | Right , so , when you set a standard , is that to one person or for everybody ? |
| 26 | So long as you set a limit to the essay you will have confidence and control . |
| 27 | As soon as you set a limit to your endurance , you are lost . |
| 28 | ‘ I had to spend a month in a cast , ’ he recalls , ‘ so when they set the cast , I had them set it so I could move my arm just enough to play . ’ |
| 29 | There are certain bars where artists and writers are always to be seen , talking animatedly as they set the world to rights . |