Example sentences of "he [modal v] set " in BNC.
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| 1 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
| 2 | If Mr Patten really does want to promote literacy he should set accessible books that the modern child can relate to and enjoy . |
| 3 | And with such a high profile , he should set a better example . |
| 4 | It is hardly surprising that , after what he had witnessed , he should set about some slaughter of his own . |
| 5 | Anyway , when Alan suggested that he should set up in practice here it seemed a splendid idea . ’ |
| 6 | Meanwhile , he decided , slackening his pace as the distance between Dotty 's and his own breathless form increased , he must set about persuading his mother that a little kid would be very useful for keeping Tullivers ' grass down . |
| 7 | But if Lewis wants to wear the WBC crown with pride , he must set himself aside from Riddick Bowe 's yellow-bellied tactics . |
| 8 | He must set about getting something like that himself . |
| 9 | Once you get sorted out down here , call my secretary and he 'll set one up . ’ |
| 10 | Besides , he 'll set a man to watch you . |
| 11 | If I refuse he 'll set the police on to Garry , and think what that would do to Dana . ’ |
| 12 | He 'll set up your bit as a separate item . |
| 13 | He 'll set up his own firm — is n't that so , darling ? ’ |
| 14 | Well apparently Paul his his erm his mate up there he 's done works on the B T so he 'll set it for him . |
| 15 | Call J. J. Gerrard direct and see if he could set up a spot on Briant for tonight 's edition ? |
| 16 | He could set her aside … |
| 17 | In the mountains , as soon as his ankle was mended , he could set off to walk south and try to cross the enemy lines . |
| 18 | I was n't going for his agreement or anyone else 's agreement — I was going for what I felt was right at the time , and as he 'd set me up as this person in his life , I advised him not to do it . |
| 19 | He 'd set the staff straight if there was any nonsense … |
| 20 | ‘ I bring you hell fire , ’ he was shouting , and then he 'd set fire to his fucking head ! |
| 21 | There was a rather stagy photograph of the man who 'd written the article casting on a shingle beach ; in a companion photo , he 'd set up a three-rod line and was gazing mistily over the breakers . |
| 22 | And then , restraining himself from a farewell blast on the Dixie horn , he 'd set out for Liston Hall . |
| 23 | Why should Billy 's Action Man friends take it out on him — unless they thought he 'd set them up ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ She did n't say that , ’ he replied , the ebullience with which he 'd set out for the Greens ' household nowhere to be seen . |
| 25 | ‘ It is , ’ she agreed , then bit her lip , only seeing the trap he 'd set for her when she 'd already tumbled straight into it . |
| 26 | He used to set the questions for University Challenge . |
| 27 | He used to set the questions for University Challenge . |
| 28 | Last year , when the constitutional ban on forced purchase expired , Mr Mugabe promised to buy up half the remaining white farmland at prices he would set . |
| 29 | When he divorced a wife he would set her up in a house of her own with her children ; and as his twenty-seven sons came to maturity he directed them into various different occupations , to ensure a spread of enterprise which would be useful to all of them . |
| 30 | Green sometimes accompanied by his wife , was often in Keswick on business ( he would set off walking from Ambleside , and be picked up by the carrier at Wyburn ) and would call to visit his children , and take them out for walks down to Derwentwater . |