Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the best chances were at the other end , and John Durnin who 's enjoying a new lease of life on the south coast should have set the ball rolling before half-time . |
| 2 | so I should , er , that should have set the precedent , I get paid for it this year |
| 3 | That night must have set the arts in Britain back years . |
| 4 | ‘ And a pretty penny that must have set the good Canon back . |
| 5 | Mr G Douglas Vaisey also suggests that others should start setting the comps : ‘ I 'm sure we [ we ? ] can do much better than Katie Mallett . ’ |
| 6 | In Hanover , Sewell was introduced to Professor Havemann , whose plans to visit England in 1777 and in 1796 unfortunately came to nothing ( the missing link , possibly , in a chain that might have set the Hanover veterinary school , founded in 1788 , rather than Lyons or Alfort as an immediate model for the London Veterinary College ) . |
| 7 | I 'd like to set the hairdresser on fire who did my mum 's hair , it looks hideous . |
| 8 | She could have set the Alice Liddell down comfortably on any of them , with room to spare . |
| 9 | They could have set the world alight . |
| 10 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , held a key role during Britain 's presidency of the EC and could have set the whole tone of the West 's approach to the problem . |
| 11 | Besides , he may have set the question like that with the object of seeing whether your mind is sufficiently adaptable to vary the order of what you have learnt . |
| 12 | Although I 'm sure the article was of great interest to guitarists and bassists alike , I would like to set the record straight on a few points . |
| 13 | I would like setting the clock because erm |
| 14 | Had Red Reg turned up here , one felt certain they would have set the whole menagerie on him . |
| 15 | Guillaume makes an impressive debut and with more interesting material , his scenes with Anne Brochet would have set the screen alight . |
| 16 | The parallelism of greater precision would seem to set the matter beyond doubt : " the ends of the earth " must surely function as specification of the ambiguous . |
| 17 | This will require considerable competence on behalf of the teacher who will need to set the general framework . |
| 18 | But he says the US farmer will tend to set the price level in world grain markets and those will remain low . |
| 19 | The US farmer will tend to set the world grain price , says economist Michael Murphy . |
| 20 | A few introductory words on the rules of English law will help to set the scene . |