Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 . ’
2 ‘ Señorita , I was expecting you — see , I set a place .
3 I set no bounds to my ambitions for Britain'
4 In his final set-piece speech of the campaign at a Wembley rally , the Prime Minister said : ‘ I set no bounds to my ambitions for this country or its people .
5 I set an alarm .
6 Last year I set an agenda which said that ’ we needed eighteen months to get in shape for the eventual economic upturn ’ .
7 Having heard all the horror stories about being nicked for speeding in the US , I was pleasantly surprised to find that most of the traffic was travelling at about 70mph , so I set the cruise control at around that speed and tried not to look conspicuous .
8 I set the punchcard on lock and proceed as usual , select a group of needles to be used as the motif and push all others back to WP ( needles must be pushed back on every row ) .
9 I set the stack 's volume so high that it was painful , but with a sound fat and ballsy enough for any rocker .
10 I set the alarm clock for a quarter to midnight , and settled down for a couple of hours sleep .
11 I set the price , ’ Dixie says .
12 I set the card on row 1 and knitted a sample then decided to knit another , this time beginning the pattern at row 2 .
13 I set the tank up with two gallons of my friend 's water and ten gallons from my other tanks , topped up with new water .
14 Once I had got to grips with how to work the machine I noticed that the harmoniser in the machine did n't appear to work properly : ie. if I set the interval to a major 3rd , the processor would intermittently switch between a major 3rd and a minor 3rd .
15 Albert , take Carrie to fetch the goose while I set the table . ’
16 I set the table but I forgot about the water .
17 I set the table .
18 I set the plants in shallow hollows to facilitate watering .
19 I wo n't murder you tonight , unless perhaps I set the house on fire .
20 " Be off , before I set the dogs on you ! "
21 I set the float two inches shallower , and then lay the rod down while I spend five minutes trickling maggots down the run .
22 How many shall I set the table for ?
23 I setting the alarm this year , .
24 Lexicographers change these values in the course of their work but the system will not allow them to set the status field to a value set initially by the system .
25 Some of the sound tests were done by a computer and luckily I had access to a computer from my dealer in Bath that enabled me to set the sound up perfectly .
26 Permit me to set the record straight .
27 ‘ Gina — I think the time has come for me to set the record straight about Lotta and myself .
28 The Pacer allows you to set a bleeper in five beat increments , ie , if you are 36 between 130 and 160 .
29 Some manufacturers supply a wood or plastic template in their kits which will enable you to set the pitch to the recommended range .
30 Threshold is the most important , allowing you to set the signal level .
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