Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] set [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Normally , one is rather relieved to see the opposition bringing the ball back inside but at Rubislaw it set the alarm bells clanging . |
| 2 | During the 1987 election we set a carefully timed an organised arrival at a particular airport . |
| 3 | Before she went to Navron she told Harry she felt like the well fed birds that could only fly about in their cage , but ‘ one day I set a linnet free which flew straight out of my hand towards the sun . ’ |
| 4 | CATHERINE You set a valuation on things too , do you ? |
| 5 | ‘ Just for fun we set the computer route-finder for home after the cinema . ’ |
| 6 | In her sleep she sets an easel facing |
| 7 | In form and style they set the pattern for the first generation of purpose-built station buildings . |
| 8 | In one of his class exams he set a test in which he had jumbled the sentences in a passage of prose . |
| 9 | This is a vindictive and intolerant motion it sets an unfortunate precedent and in this debate about freedom we should support the rights of our tenants to choose . |
| 10 | Last year I set an agenda which said that ’ we needed eighteen months to get in shape for the eventual economic upturn ’ . |
| 11 | Against this first idea of culture he sets a second definition at once wider and ‘ more fundamental ’ . |
| 12 | Or you could use a recording as an example of the performance of a task you set the students — the preparation of a report for example . |
| 13 | This time we set the switches as per the RAM Board diagram and all was well . |
| 14 | Stopping the scarlet screamer on the apron we set the park brake despite a handbook note not to do so after a sortie , since this only applies to heavy-footed Gauls in hot countries . |
| 15 | The novices , spearheaded by Ireland 's Montelado in the opening race , went faster than the champion field , so quick in fact they set a track record . |