Example sentences of "set [pron] down [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Sarah collected some mugs from a cupboard and set them down close to the coffee maker ; she looked impatiently at the level of coffee in the jug , as if the slowness of the process was a familiar annoyance .
2 I drained one of the small glasses and set it down close to the wall on the floor .
3 But she did n't carry it for long , ’ Harriet drained her cup and set it down noisily on the tray .
4 Hari took the tea Beatie handed her and set it down quickly on the scrubbed wooden table .
5 So the tractor bean set me down nowhere near the Divine Sanctum .
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