Example sentences of "[vb infin] set the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Craigbarnet had been supported , at considerable inconvenience , by the Montrose interest , mainly in order to please the head of the Stirling family , Stirling of Keir , who was a relative of the Duke of Montrose , but no sooner was Craigbarnet out of the running than another potentially explosive dispute arose which might well have set the Duke of Montrose at variance with Lord Elphinstone or another valuable ally , Dundas of Lethem . |
| 2 | But the best chances were at the other end , and John Durnin who 's enjoying a new lease of life on the south coast should have set the ball rolling before half-time . |
| 3 | Besides , he may have set the question like that with the object of seeing whether your mind is sufficiently adaptable to vary the order of what you have learnt . |
| 4 | In Hanover , Sewell was introduced to Professor Havemann , whose plans to visit England in 1777 and in 1796 unfortunately came to nothing ( the missing link , possibly , in a chain that might have set the Hanover veterinary school , founded in 1788 , rather than Lyons or Alfort as an immediate model for the London Veterinary College ) . |
| 5 | so I should , er , that should have set the precedent , I get paid for it this year |
| 6 | They could have set the world alight . |
| 7 | That night must have set the arts in Britain back years . |
| 8 | She could have set the Alice Liddell down comfortably on any of them , with room to spare . |
| 9 | Guillaume makes an impressive debut and with more interesting material , his scenes with Anne Brochet would have set the screen alight . |