Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] set [art] " 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 | Some of the super models like Linda Whatsername have actually dyed their hair red , so I guess I must have set a trend ! . |
| 4 | The oolerinnen must have set a trap for me . |
| 5 | That night must have set the arts in Britain back years . |
| 6 | ‘ And a pretty penny that must have set the good Canon back . |
| 7 | As an employer , government must continue to set an example . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | The return to Warrington where a gasometer was destroyed three weeks ago may appear to set a curious pattern to the IRA 's logistics , but it may be that recent arrests and seizures of weapons and explosives in London in early March has inflicted a major blow to their intentions in the capital . |
| 10 | What he asked was guidance in the matter of a young man 's death , a clean young man who handled lambs with gentleness and care , as lambs of God , and never deserved to be done to death suddenly before his time , however the love of God might have set a secure hand under him as he fell , and lifted him into light . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | I 'd like to set the hairdresser on fire who did my mum 's hair , it looks hideous . |
| 13 | She could have set the Alice Liddell down comfortably on any of them , with room to spare . |
| 14 | They could have set the world alight . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It was thought he may have set a match to it himself . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And when we went to bed early we used to we One used to have to fill the kettle , and then the other one used to have to set the table for next morning for next morning . |
| 19 | The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers . |
| 20 | For the millionth time : those who would like to set a comp , stop whingeing and send your ideas in — there 's even a £10 prize if it 's chosen . |
| 21 | Perhaps it is your childhood days that haunt your imagination and you would like to set a book some twenty , thirty or forty years back . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I would like setting the clock because erm |
| 24 | The commission had no choice but to expel City from the League for , as League President John McKenna explained , to have allowed the club to continue would have set a precedent for other clubs to withhold their books . |
| 25 | If Wandsworth Council had succeeded it would have set a precedent for councils to take the NASUWT to court . |
| 26 | ‘ Had we let this one pass without action it would have set a precedent for others to follow and that can not be allowed to happen . ’ |
| 27 | Conservative group leader Tony Richmond accused finance committee chair Jan Taylor of saying the council would have set a higher budget if it were not for government spending constraints . |
| 28 | Had Red Reg turned up here , one felt certain they would have set the whole menagerie on him . |
| 29 | Guillaume makes an impressive debut and with more interesting material , his scenes with Anne Brochet would have set the screen alight . |
| 30 | It was not the committee 's function to recommend release , but inevitably the committee would attempt to set a date at which there would be a reasonable prospect that the local review committee and then the Parole Board might be able to recommend release . |