Example sentences of "set down the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This happy coincidence — happy , that is , for all those visionaries and seers who speak in sonorous phrases about the ‘ New Pacific Century ’ and the ‘ Grand Pacific Age ’ , and find such a discovery a perfect symbol of what they 're talking about — has been the case ever since 22 October 1884 , when a group of scientists and politicians met in a hotel in Washington DC and set down the rules by which the planet was henceforth to organize the keeping of its time . |
| 2 | The waiter set down the glasses , saying , ‘ It should be entirely forbidden . ’ |
| 3 | Well I have to admit , with our group , the first ten minutes or was a little bit disorganised because I felt we , I came in , we set down the objects , I felt we did that well , and we were clear of the timescale from the very beginning . |
| 4 | Lucinda set down the cups , then , unbuttoning her jacket , sat down at the table , chin on hands . |
| 5 | But his smile froze as Tristan appeared and set down the tureens before him . |