Example sentences of "[adv] set [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lately however Alison , and sometimes Irina , had decided to walk in and join her , no doubt , as Franca felt , to cheer up the ‘ lonely old creature ’ ; and , in the case of Alison , perhaps to set scenes for some ‘ statement ’ which she felt that Franca might wish to , or indeed ought to , make . |
| 2 | Once they are in place , you can have the shingle delivered — it can be dumped directly on to a drive site from the road , but you 'll need to barrow it to remote garden paths , so set planks on the lawn if you have to run across it . |
| 3 | Thus , as in development , the interplay between organism and environment during evolution is not a one-way process , by which environments constantly set challenges to organisms which they either pass ( reproduce successfully ) or fail ( die out ) . |
| 4 | Of course , I 've only set eyes on him a couple of times . ’ |
| 5 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
| 6 | Although some wags were touting COSE as Advanced Computing Environment II last week , the six principal actors describe their effort as neither a consortium , an initiative , a development company or a replacement for anything — and they will not set prices for anything . |
| 7 | But the soft messages in the air still come to her and flick around the bones of her long-vanished ears , for she can not set limits on her powers , neither then nor now . |
| 8 | Clearly we can not set aims of ‘ changing attitudes ’ — these are not objective and neither are they stable . |
| 9 | You know what it 's like to part wi' your grandchild , to know there 'll be others you 'll not set eyes on ? |
| 10 | ‘ THIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons finally set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains rising in fairyland fantasy before the rising sun . |
| 11 | He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood . |
| 12 | As we have already set zeros to blanks ( in Step 7 ) the outcome of the match being false is that the cell is left blank . |
| 13 | How could she possibly know , since he had not set eyes on the girl ? |
| 14 | Now I comes to think on it , I 've not set eyes on Black Will since afore we went to the Garden Tower last evening . ’ |
| 15 | I 've not set eyes on her since I got back . ’ |
| 16 | The board has not set goals for Mr Powell 's tenure , but Dr Murphy hinted at a theme . |
| 17 | To put this right , Plowden proposed a new system of control that would force the Cabinet collectively to set limits to its ambitions , as follows : |
| 18 | you ever set eyes on me . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And that was the first time ye 'd ever set eyes on him ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And let's pray this is the last time I need ever set eyes on you ! ’ |
| 21 | I will dwell in the frigid lands with my bride , and no man shall ever set eyes on us again ! ’ |
| 22 | She only worked at Pembroke Lodge for four weeks and I hardly set eyes on her . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm trying to recall if I 've ever set eyes on her ; I 've a vague memory of a plump wee lass at a cousin 's wedding three or four years back . |
| 24 | Neither , it seems , has the population ever set eyes on an American . |
| 25 | According to them , not a quarter of the people in that house have ever set eyes on Mr. Keller . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't think I 've ever set eyes on her , ’ said Jack . |
| 27 | No sea that Marion had ever set eyes on was that particular shade of transparent , light-filled turquoise . |
| 28 | Few here had ever set eyes on the man they were mourning , but they saw in his act the ultimate sacrifice for their dream of independence . |
| 29 | She 'd distrusted him from afar , for some time , even before leaving London , before ever setting eyes on him . |
| 30 | Class of Year Three children The " Keeper " is a guard who has been blinded to stop him ever setting eyes on the magic jewels . |