Example sentences of "set the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had set the tone later reflected in the harsh rules of the Indian Penal Code 1860 ( prescribing long sentences of ‘ rigorous imprisonment ’ ) , in the Prisons Act 1894 , in gaol manuals allowing cruel punishments for the smallest breach of discipline , and in a lasting policy of spending as little as possible on the gaols . |
| 2 | He had set the video up earlier in the evening while Elaine was making supper . |
| 3 | Having set the record straight there is a paradox . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's set the record straight , ’ said Winterbottom . |
| 5 | I think first of all , I 'd like to be very brief , but just to say the purpose of this short report with the appendices has not got any special status with food control , just set the record straight as to what we are capable of doing currently and what we ca n't do . |
| 6 | Or , if an old inhabitant , and you had to consider this , although he hated to think of Mouncy Street and Decimus Street and Paradise Street in this connection , then some twist , some accident , some encounter had set the killer off . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've set the table outside on the terrace , ’ Fernando told her , stepping through from the kitchen beyond . |
| 8 | My 100 metres win had set the team off to a great Championships . |
| 9 | Grimm , however , had set the drumstick aside after a single bite . |
| 10 | AT Escada , even the passing of the design mantle from the late Margaretha Ley to young Michael Stolzenburg has certainly not set the collection off in a dramatic new direction . |
| 11 | Burun had set the target back in its original position , an easy shot . |
| 12 | Moon had set the target early in the day . |