Example sentences of "she set [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 She set up the business with a £4,000 bank loan and shortage of capital persuaded her to expand through franchising .
2 She set up the shop in 1990 with the intention of selling yarn , patterns and accessories .
3 She set up the ladder beneath the hatch .
4 Jane took the initiative and with encouragement from other students and tutors on the scheme she set up the Achievement Group , a ‘ students supporting students ’ programme .
5 But it did n't stop him bumping into her every five minutes as she set up the slithering plastic tent , the heaters .
6 She set up the business with her husband Jeremy after receiving a £3,000 grant from the Princes Trust and help from Darlington Business Venture .
7 She set down the tray and scampered off .
8 ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , as she set down the tray between them , ‘ do you always go into the office on Saturdays ?
9 Before she set off the following morning , she 'd visited the Maison du Vin , which was housed in a former medieval monastery .
10 But there was something of an occasion , even a ceremony , even a sacrament , in the way , on this evening , she set out the food and the vessels .
11 She set out the pieces one by one on the counter .
12 The Isis was not a line-of-battle ship , but like the Adamant she acted as one in the battle of Camperdown in October 1797 , when she set about the much heavier Gelijkheid ( 64 guns ) , one of the eleven Dutch ships that were taken .
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