Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This change will allow the Gallery to set itself up permanently on a proper funding basis , with the possibility of a number of options : it could move into public ownership , either national or local ; alternatively , a private sponsor might come forward and take on the entire enterprise . |
| 2 | And there was a move to set it up again in the late Sixties , but that got sat on . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | She left the broken shards lying and took the hammer back into the attic and set it down neatly by a bird of paradise in lime and cherry feathers . |
| 5 | I drained one of the small glasses and set it down close to the wall on the floor . |
| 6 | But she did n't carry it for long , ’ Harriet drained her cup and set it down noisily on the tray . |
| 7 | Hari took the tea Beatie handed her and set it down quickly on the scrubbed wooden table . |
| 8 | Scientists on the ground had final control over the detonation of the larger 200 kilo explosive package and set it off directly on the magnetic field lines in the middle of the auroral arc . |
| 9 | And after Cardinal Red carried him to a two and a half length win over Gaelstrom in the Belle Epoque Sefton Novices Hurdle , de Haan said : ‘ That has set me up perfectly for the National . |
| 10 | Among the more satisfied will be Aston Villa whose one one draw with currently Spain 's hottest club er certainly sets them up nicely for a place in the third round of the UEFA Cup . |
| 11 | As a preventative , anti-stress technique , self-massage sets you up perfectly for the day ahead — and works brilliantly as an end-of-day treat . |
| 12 | For although it is constantly argued that the police represent and are drawn from the community they serve , the cultural style required in the body of the police officer inevitably sets him slightly apart from the ‘ civvies ’ outside the institution , especially where such symbolic use of clothing and beards or hair is the province of the youthful innovator . |
| 13 | If Mr Powell 's intention to become ‘ the education director ’ sets him slightly apart from the more flamboyant Mr Brown , in other respects he appears ready to follow his predecessor 's load . |
| 14 | So the tractor bean set me down nowhere near the Divine Sanctum . |