Example sentences of "[adv] set [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He won enough to set himself up in his own business , so if you see a ‘ Terimon Cafe ’ on the outskirts of London you 'll know how it got the name . ’ |
| 2 | Well they take it in to set it up |
| 3 | A partial answer for the failure of that explanation is provided here , by looking at the characteristics of the Nottinghamshire mining communities which apparently set them apart from those of their neighbours further north . |
| 4 | Of how a man might contrive to open a cylinder of phetam , and perhaps set us up as a God-King himself , on a more salubrious world … |
| 5 | I was hoping to get back to council work before Christmas , but I recognise that if I rush , it I will only set me back . |
| 6 | Millions Of Honey opened Saturday night with a sparky set of robust , melodic guitar songs that have toughened and matured over the last year of line-up shuffles , and should justly set them up for a spot of national service . |
| 7 | This is not to set themselves up as nutritionists or as medical experts — but to use the knowledge available to them from every quarter sensibly , and to ensure that others are using their knowledge and expertise in the best interests of the counsellee . |
| 8 | and you have to be careful with the master volume , not to set it too high , oh let's have a look well you ca n't really do it on this one |
| 9 | Early last week the Sun apologised for saying he had never had a real job , but in truth a four-year stint as a tutor organiser in industrial and trade unions at the Workers ' Educational Association 25 years ago does not exactly set him up for a glittering new career . |
| 10 | Eminent and learned the judge may be , but he can not set himself up as God over all football . |
| 11 | Some clients might put forward the excuse that there is really nothing that they avoid and so they can not set themselves any homework tasks . |
| 12 | But if we are going to accuse them of this then we had better also accuse them of inventing the doctrine of the Trinity , for although the New Testament provides evidence for such a cardinal Christian belief it does not set it out in a clear or distinct fashion . |
| 13 | We do not understand it , they say , by which they seem to mean that we can not set it out in everyday words ( though actually one can go some way towards doing so , as I tried to do in Chapter V of The particle Play ) . |
| 14 | If you have got any sense , a lump sum of 400k can easily set you up for life . |
| 15 | There 's something in his soul o'er which his melancholy sits on brood , and I do doubt the hatch and the disclose will be some danger ; which for to prevent I have in quick determination thus set it down : he shall with speed to England … |
| 16 | ‘ When it 's time to sleep , why not set her here on the chair to watch over you ? ’ |
| 17 | And it just sets it off . |
| 18 | Spatz looked up at Ellis and took the files from him , sorting through them with a great show of self-importance , before finally setting them aside and looking across at Kim . |
| 19 | I 'm not setting myself up as a model for anyone . |
| 20 | Yet in everyday dress he was noted for the simplicity of his clothing , and for not setting himself apart from his nobles in appearance . |
| 21 | They always set me off . |
| 22 | Neville Southall 's talent has always set him apart from most of his rivals . |
| 23 | She was aware that , even standing there , rolling up the sleeves above his tanned , muscular arms as he pondered the problem before him , Ross still possessed that sinister stillness , the iron self-control that had always set him apart from any one else she had ever known . |
| 24 | Er a few sentences saying erm th q I y'know define your terms , talk about how you 're gon na answer the questions , just an introductory paragraph and that usually sets it up to how you 're gon na answer it . |
| 25 | Everything that you see you laugh at , you 're lucky he always sets you up |
| 26 | ‘ It 's no good now , old man , ’ said David ; ‘ the fair is n't open yet ; they 're still setting it up . ’ |
| 27 | Branson 's role in any Virgin project was traditionally to set it up and leave it be , getting involved only when things went wrong . |
| 28 | ‘ A burst knee muscle also set me back by about three weeks , ’ he said , adding that the Fiji match would be an ideal opportunity to blood another flanker in front of a home crowd . |
| 29 | Here , immortal spectators , detached from the actions and passions involved , they frame the scene and also set it geographically . |
| 30 | It 's a tragedy which will probably set us back a generation . |