Example sentences of "set [pron] [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same arguments are endlessly rehearsed in terms of the Government 's determination to continue to set its face against the social chapter of the Maastricht agreement already accepted by all its European partners . |
| 2 | I waited three days for the sun to come out but to no avail , so on a very grey , cloudy day I set my easel by the French doors , put my paints and brushes on a high stool next to me and started . |
| 3 | They thought that he would be committed to tough reform of the welfare laws , that he would set his face against the racial balkanisation of America , that he would support free trade and eschew the idea that great dollops of federal money would revive the economy . |
| 4 | You could set your back against the roughened old trunk , plant your feet securely on the wide bough and gaze out undisturbed over the great surges of greenery . |
| 5 | Evelyn quickened her step , setting her face against the slanting rain . |
| 6 | Huge pages underlined the scarceness of resources , and hot metal setting its distance from the offset litho of It , let alone the colour and verve of Oz . |
| 7 | That evening , when Tabitha Jute finally set her hand on the battered aluminium doorknob , it was still a cheerfully disreputable establishment , catering to the social needs of those who felt more comfortable doing business in an environment with a degree of sleaze to it . |
| 8 | Flicking the Arawak hanging aside , he set his gaze on the central mirror of the enhancer . |
| 9 | Richard of Gloucester gave another sigh and set his gaze on the narrow road ahead . |
| 10 | He waited until it was nearly too late , and then set his alarm for the old confident time of the morning and rang up his agent to tell him to say yes . |