Example sentences of "set [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Plumping up the pillows , she set them against the padded headrest and left , closing the door behind her . |
| 3 | Then , bowing respectfully , he set them in the jar before the tiny image of his great-great-grandfather . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He is himself unreadable and hence ungovernable — a walking accusation levelled at the sympathetic educated sensibility which seeks simultaneously to understand him and set him on the straight and narrow . |
| 6 | Bashful Barry believes it was his failure with girls as a schoolboy that set him on the path to fame as a film buff . |
| 7 | As the animal jumped into the flames , Buddha manifested himself , snatched the hare from the fire and set him in the Moon . |
| 8 | Cornelius lifted him down and set him upon the copper map . |
| 9 | As she entered the most dynamic period of her career , Kylie took stock of the success — and tried to analyse the curious chemistry of the TV series that set her on the road to it . |
| 10 | As he set her on the floor again , Kirsty turned to Shiona . |
| 11 | So she let in Vasilissa , set her by the fire , and gave her food . |
| 12 | Giggling — even her mother ! — they undressed her to her shift and set her in the bed , uncomfortably decorated with fruit and sheaves of barley , to await her husband . |
| 13 | Smoothly , he set it on the table , then resumed his seat . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | She set it on the table , avoiding his stare , and made as if to leave , but stopped before she reached the door and looked in his eyes . |
| 16 | She set it on the bench and raised hammer and chisel . |
| 17 | At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned . |
| 18 | Then she set it in the middle of a saucer . |
| 19 | Eventually arrived at hotel in Marinna de Ravenna , to be met by a complimentary bottle of Champagne and this set us off the next day , on a full tank ! |
| 20 | He hit one against Liverpool ( H 1–3 ) and another to secure a point at Manchester United ( 1–1 ) in 1969–70 , while in 1970–71 he stunned Leeds with a late equaliser ( H 1–1 ) and at Ipswich his penalty set us on the way to a 2–1 win . |
| 21 | And … and she set us to the station , and … and Mama promised to write . ’ |