Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] set a " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1987 election we set a carefully timed an organised arrival at a particular airport . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | CATHERINE You set a valuation on things too , do you ? |
| 4 | In her sleep she sets an easel facing |
| 5 | In one of his class exams he set a test in which he had jumbled the sentences in a passage of prose . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Last year I set an agenda which said that ’ we needed eighteen months to get in shape for the eventual economic upturn ’ . |
| 8 | Against this first idea of culture he sets a second definition at once wider and ‘ more fundamental ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |