Example sentences of "he had set [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retirement he had set himself the task of making a replica Tomkin long-case clock . |
| 2 | During his first term in office Macmillan had achieved the three objectives that he had set himself when he took over from Eden in 1957 . |
| 3 | MR MAJOR said last night that he had only just begun the tasks he had set himself . |
| 4 | He , surprisingly enough , was comparatively sober , which means he was drunk by any ordinary standards , but by the very gauge he had set himself over the years , he might be called a pillar of sobriety — and grumpy with it . |
| 5 | He had told himself that his name was Michael Holly , he had set himself that challenge . |
| 6 | Ten years , he had set himself , to running a Field Office . |
| 7 | Thanks to whoever it was , Baldwin by the spring of 1924 was making surprisingly good progress toward the political objectives which he had set himself the previous autumn . |
| 8 | In effect it provided for the dismemberment of Abyssinia and the giving to Mussolini of about half of what he had set himself to achieve by conquest . |
| 9 | It is evident that the deputy head soon realised that he had set himself an enormous task , despite the fact that he decided to focus on the work of three ‘ target ’ pupils . |
| 10 | In addition , although the deputy head was clearly exhausted by the enormity of the task he had set himself , he had found the experience sufficiently valuable to recommend that all teachers should extend their understanding of curriculum evaluation and develop skills in addition to the testing of pupil outcomes . |
| 11 | Given the very high target he had set himself , he managed to achieve most of his objectives , conveying to the audience the complexity of his subject , and the reasons for its interest . |