Example sentences of "he set [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final task he set himself for his Presidency , which was due to end next year , was to weed out of the Regatta calendar all the rowing courses which could be made unfair by the wind . |
| 2 | TWO screaming children threw cups of water over their burning father after he set himself on fire . |
| 3 | Moments before he set himself on fire , Mr Chittenden phoned the Daily Post 's office in Chester , asking staff there to go to the United Friendly offices in Chester 's St Werburgh Street . |
| 4 | She struggled furiously , but it was little use , and at the top of the steps he set her on her feet . |
| 5 | He set her on her feet , and said in a voice which she hardly recognised , ‘ You will go immediately to the kitchen , McAllister , to await further instructions , but only after you have apologised to Mrs Darrell , at once ! ’ |
| 6 | As he set her on the floor again , Kirsty turned to Shiona . |
| 7 | He set her on her feet without a word and steadied her while she manoeuvred the crutch into position . |
| 8 | Leonora digested this peace of news with mixed feelings as he set her on her feet . |
| 9 | He set her on her feet , then tidied the bed . |
| 10 | He set her on her feet suddenly , his eyes like blue flames in his taut face . |
| 11 | Then slowly he set her from him . |
| 12 | And he gave thanks to God for the grace which had been vouchsafed to him , and said to his mother , that he did not think it good to keep the Kings in captivity , but to let them go freely ; and he set them at liberty and bade them depart . |
| 13 | Nonetheless , the main thrust of Kandel 's findings and the theoretical framework within which he set them during the 1970s and 1980s have until recently scarcely been challenged . |
| 14 | Then , bowing respectfully , he set them in the jar before the tiny image of his great-great-grandfather . |
| 15 | Instead , having conducted a further searching examination , he set me to the cataloguing of the little rituals , those magical forms of thought that I myself had developed in order to cope with the stress of eidesis . |
| 16 | He set me on my feet . |
| 17 | ‘ And he set us on a new track as far as putting human rights violations in a political context was concerned . |
| 18 | Smoothly , he set it on the table , then resumed his seat . |
| 19 | ‘ Must n't forget that , ’ he commented as he set it on the table and , with a glow of pride , Mildred walked away arm-in-arm with the two most important people at the celebrations , to have a proper old-fashioned tea by the nearest bonfire . |
| 20 | he set it as a , as an example |