Example sentences of "setting it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the propeller is on you open and close your throttle to check it works before setting it to the correct position . |
| 2 | Lewis leaned back in his chair as his mother came forward with the teapot , setting it on the china stand . |
| 3 | And he rattled a cornflake packet before setting it on the table nearest the door . |
| 4 | He pulled the drawer free and carried it outside for her , setting it on the desk . |
| 5 | Setting it on the saloon table , and inhaling the delicious combination of smells , Polly went up the companionway ladder to call Nathan . |
| 6 | For the next year , he says , his life will be all Aspects of Love — setting it on the rails along which previous vehicles have coasted with profitable ease — London , New York , Australia , Vienna , Hungary , Tokyo . |
| 7 | We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic . |