Example sentences of "set [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wanted to set me up in a flat he said he owned . |
| 2 | Pray that they may be people who rely on God 's healing and allow him to set them back on the track of feeding the lambs . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's more likely to set you up as a courier on an over-sixties package holiday to Majorca . ’ |
| 4 | Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If only I had the means to set you up in a house where I could visit you . ’ |
| 6 | When an attempt is made to set him up as a Saint , it is scarcely possible for any man of good sense who knows the history of his times to preserve his gravity . |
| 7 | Patrick was studying medicine , and it was her wish to set him up in a practice of his own one day . |
| 8 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 9 | It is easier to bring off if you have an assistant to hold the camcorder , otherwise , you have to set it up on a tripod or some other suitable support and switch it on with a remote control or time-delay . |
| 10 | The aim was to separate the individual membership section of the Party from the unions and to set it up in a relationship reminiscent of that with the ILP before 1932 . |
| 11 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 12 | They set me up as a target . |
| 13 | you know had some of that and erm my fried breakfast and my toast and my cup of coffee and I thoroughly enjoyed that , set me up for the day that did . |
| 14 | Millions Of Honey opened Saturday night with a sparky set of robust , melodic guitar songs that have toughened and matured over the last year of line-up shuffles , and should justly set them up for a spot of national service . |
| 15 | Got ta set them up in the machine room . |
| 16 | I will set them out in the order in which I propose to deal with them . |
| 17 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 18 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 19 | Picking up the drinks , she crossed the room and set them down on the trestle , careful to keep her face turned away from the window . |
| 20 | Set them out with a trowel in well watered ground . |
| 21 | She allowed Margaret Seymour-Strachey to bring in the tea things and set them out on the bedside table without speaking further . |
| 22 | Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow . |
| 23 | If you 're worried about Chester 's , and you really think you could do something to help , a relaxing holiday should set you up for the fight ! ’ |
| 24 | I will set you down at the West Gate . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ She 's twelve years old , nice old girl , good mouth and nice manners which puts her ahead of some women — and she wo n't set you down in the dirt . |
| 26 | → Do you realise , Steve , that a professional standard , concert classical guitar could set you back in the region of £7,000 , and that orchestral instruments regularly change hands for much more ? |
| 27 | He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use . |
| 28 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 29 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 30 | When he divorced a wife he would set her up in a house of her own with her children ; and as his twenty-seven sons came to maturity he directed them into various different occupations , to ensure a spread of enterprise which would be useful to all of them . |