Example sentences of "[noun] set down the " in BNC.

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1	The waiter set down the glasses , saying , ‘ It should be entirely forbidden . ’
2	Gabriel set down the rusty metal bird , dismissing the thing with a jab of his foot .
3	Lucinda set down the cups , then , unbuttoning her jacket , sat down at the table , chin on hands .
4	Lipsey lays this out in the Introduction to his Introduction and the rest of his book sets down the basis of a Positive economics .
5	Carson set down the bag and moved across to the dim grey square of the window behind the curtains .
6	It 's very difficult for Jet to do anything about it because the situation is that Jet is bound by the statutes of the Jet joint undertaking and this is a legal document setting down the conditions under which we work , which has been agreed by governments and the council of ministers , and essentially the situation is that there are two types of people employed in the Jet team .
7	Muttering darkly beneath his breath , Bishop set down the beaker and dived for his robes .
8	Bannen set down the beaker .
9	Executive power — the power to set down the broad policies to be followed by the state and the ability to carry out or execute the laws was in the hands of the King , but the means for carrying it out had to be provided by parliament .
10	In practice it is impossible to maintain any rigorous separation between executive power and legislative power — between the power to set down the broad direction of the state and to carry out the laws , and the power to make laws and general rules — and , in Britain , Bagehot saw the fusion as taking place in the Cabinet which he said was a committee of the legislative body chosen by the Commons to be the executive body and rule the nation .
11	Fox set down the glass , nodded .
12	Vi set down the standeasy tray .
13	Alice set down the case and violin and wiped her face on her sleeve , wiped it on the rough wool sleeve of her winter coat .

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