Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 2 | Er , but I mean , everything you do is , is designed to set yourself up in the best possible position for when the staff come in and , and throughout the shift leaving it as best you can for the branch manager the next day . |
| 3 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 4 | Engineer and motorbike enthusiast Terence Bird has set himself up as the sole European importer of Nanchang bikes . |
| 5 | Selene never again made a long speech , but she was happy ; and after Mrs Gracie died Dinah took shares in the business , which by then had set itself up in the old Asshe house while Dinah moved out to Hampstead . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think that quite sets it off to the best advantage , sir . ’ |
| 7 | It was also a shot which sets us up for the glorious conclusion to the match in the Singles the following day . |
| 8 | It sounded as if Irina was setting herself up for the planned return to Moscow , ahead of the Brückner lawyers . |
| 9 | From McIntosh 's point of view it was not an easy decision to pull out of institutional sector research as he was involved in setting it up in the mid '70s . |
| 10 | It was difficult to abandon the RPF precisely because de Gaulle had so compromised himself and his unique prestige by setting it up in the first place , by fighting elections , and by being a politician " like the others " . |
| 11 | My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell . |
| 12 | So , with one LP , Morrissey set himself up as the new Tom Robinson ? |
| 13 | He was born at Preston in 1732 and got little education ; he was apprenticed to a barber , and set himself up in the barbering trade at Bolton later . |
| 14 | In this case , as in others , television docudrama set itself up as the tidier and balancer of history . |
| 15 | ‘ I am sure it was my accounts of my experiences which set her off on the same route . |
| 16 | She is already at work on her next disc , but what of that Rodrigo concerto which set her off in the first place ? |
| 17 | Seeing her husband , she set it down by the back door and came across to the stable . |