Example sentences of "set [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The magistrate set down a trial date of the fourth of February . |
2 | Bertha set down a tureen for one before her . |
3 | The grinning waiter set down a cup of coffee by my hand . |
4 | In discussing its Strategic Plan for the decade from 1978 , NETRHA set down a number of unachievable objectives , as it was required to do by the DHSS . |
5 | Muttering darkly beneath his breath , Bishop set down the beaker and dived for his robes . |
6 | Bannen set down the beaker . |
7 | Alice set down the case and violin and wiped her face on her sleeve , wiped it on the rough wool sleeve of her winter coat . |
8 | He set down the plate and taking a piece of newspaper out of his pocket wrapped the fat up and put it in his pocket . |
9 | He found a place to kill from and set down the leather case . |
10 | Elisabeth was hot ; she took off her raincoat , set down the knapsack containing her lunch and some books and sat down on the bench opposite a thicket of hazel , through which a path had been cut . |
11 | She set down the tray and scampered off . |
12 | ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , as she set down the tray between them , ‘ do you always go into the office on Saturdays ? |
13 | ‘ So I was informed , ’ Rohan Saint Yves said grimly , as he set down the tray . |
14 | Fox set down the glass , nodded . |
15 | Carson set down the bag and moved across to the dim grey square of the window behind the curtains . |
16 | When mussels have opened , drain them in a colander set over a bowl . |
17 | In Byzantine architecture was evolved the principle of the dome set over a square , first upon squinches which , built across the corners , provided an octagonal base for the dome , and later on pendentives . |
18 | It is best made at the last possible moment , although it can be kept warm for a short time in a bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
19 | Melt 50g/2oz plain chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of hot water . |
20 | Melt the chocolate gently in a double saucepan or bowl set over a pan half full of gently simmering water — do not allow the chocolate to get too hot or it will separate . |
21 | Break up the chocolate and place it in a bowl set over a saucepan of hot , but not boiling , water . |
22 | The announcement , though , set off a wave of sympathetic outrage that had to be seen , and heard , to be believed . |
23 | The vessel was eventually located after Mr Whelan , 44 , and his 15-year-old son , from Preston , set off a flare . |
24 | Reports that electricity charges would go up by 13% in April set off a furore in the press . |
25 | The Community 's scrapping of all steel quotas in March 1992 set off a surge of eastern exports . |
26 | But that performance and the world record before the war inspired one young spectator at the White City , Roger Bannister , who was to run the first four-minute mile nine years later , and set off a string of British world record breakers , Derek Ibbotson , Sebastian Coe , Steve Ovett and Steve Cram . |
27 | Someone set off a rocket over the green , and red and blue sparks hung for a moment against the thunderclouds then vanished into thin air . |
28 | A small explosion resulted which detonated a store of hand grenades , which in turn set off a number of flamethrower fuel containers . |
29 | Three hundred firemen and 400 policemen raced to the Hofburg after a smoke detector set off the alarm soon after midnight . |
30 | But the Mobbs had a panic button in the house , and Mrs Mobbs set off the alarm . |