Example sentences of "[pers pn] set the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set the plants in shallow hollows to facilitate watering . |
| 2 | " Be off , before I set the dogs on you ! " |
| 3 | Or you could use a recording as an example of the performance of a task you set the students — the preparation of a report for example . |
| 4 | It 's worth pointing this out to your students too , so that they understand why you set the tasks you do when you use video with them . |
| 5 | You set the papers up . |
| 6 | it is important that you set the straps for your own foot size . |
| 7 | It may well be that if you set the penalties so high , and if you can have a hundred per cent detection , then there may well be a deterrent element in these crimes , but basically the law is clearing up a mess , and the mess has occurred , and then the law comes along and does the best it can . |
| 8 | Although she sets the goals for him to achieve , in fact success depends on the mutual effort of the physiotherapist and the patient . |
| 9 | When she set the boxes in front of the teenagers , drawing out the bright shirts and linen trousers , the girls were the first to come forward . |
| 10 | Chen exchanged a brief look with Wang Ti as she set the bowls down on the table , then nodded . |
| 11 | This time we set the switches as per the RAM Board diagram and all was well . |
| 12 | We set the places , put fresh water and carnations in bud vases , one flower to each table , and folded pink napkins with precision . |
| 13 | Against Dorestad 's decline ( which they attribute to particular local difficulties ) they set the origins and/or thriving of Ghent and Bruges , Cologne and Mainz , Nantes and Angers . |
| 14 | I heard her set the spells on him . |
| 15 | It 's not the best of the campaigns but it sets the parameters , ’ he says.The message from the ‘ Mouth ’ is far more strident and inspiring . |
| 16 | They are happy rooting around for Fly Agaric toadstools in a farmer 's back garden until he sets the dogs on them , and would be miserable if you dragged them up anything taller than a caravan . |
| 17 | He sets the clergy against each other in rivalry for his favours . |
| 18 | He set the thoughts aside . |
| 19 | Sometimes he set the sessions , and they were quite the toughest bouts of training that I have ever undertaken . |
| 20 | He set the drinks down on Cattini 's side of the table and left the sandwich and the tab with Culley . |
| 21 | ‘ He set the children targets every day . |
| 22 | As a result of Napoleon III 's grave error of judgement , the affair of the Holy places became so inflamed that it set the powers on a collision course which led to the Crimean War . |
| 23 | They felt that if it set the wages of very poor people , the next thing it would do would be to start setting the wages of trade unionists . |