Example sentences of "set them down [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 2 | Picking up the drinks , she crossed the room and set them down on the trestle , careful to keep her face turned away from the window . |
| 3 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 4 | Cornelius retrieved both letter and card and set them down before him . |
| 5 | Then he went back to the cutlery drawer and , with a skill born of long practice , lobbed knives and forks over to Maisie , who set them down in her customary eccentric manner . |