Example sentences of "[adv] set [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also a builder and developer of culture , and worked endlessly to set Germany upon a firm governmental and financial footing after the internal struggles that had long divided the German territories against one another . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | Of course , I 've only set eyes on him a couple of times . ’ |
| 6 | It tries to jump the gap and in doing so sets fire to y the surrounding material that the blanket is made of and that 's where you start to get problems on your fire blankets . |
| 7 | Last year , at the age of 54 , the great fell-runner Joss Naylor ran from Pooley Bridge to Wasdale , only setting foot on tarmac as he crossed Kirkstone Pass and Dunmail Raise — a total distance of 47 miles with 16,200ft of ascent . |
| 8 | Which only set Nigel off more , and it was some time before he could attempt an explanation . |
| 9 | Trucks did n't just set fire to themselves . |
| 10 | A spark can just as easily set light to your clothes as it can to a dryer full of washing . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | He 'd scarcely set eyes on him since the night they 'd had dinner together at the house in Westwood . |
| 13 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |
| 14 | A POLICEMAN was slashed with a knife when he tried to arrest a man who had just set fire to a £9,000 Volvo car , Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 15 | A POLICEMAN was slashed with a knife when he tried to arrest a man who had just set fire to a £9,000 Volvo car , Liverpool Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | and describe , well seasoned you know and and then he got his lighter out and he just set fire to her |
| 18 | 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 : |
| 19 | The UK government yesterday set mid-July as the date for the sale of its remaining 22% holding in British Telecommunications Plc . |
| 20 | NEIL KINNOCK yesterday set investment in education and training as his top priority : the ‘ commanding height ’ to be scaled by the next Labour government . |
| 21 | They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end . |
| 22 | The two men put down their pens and stared at her ; no woman ever set foot within the dockyard gates . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll do what I can , ’ Parmedes said resignedly , cursing the day he ever set foot in Club Eleusis . |
| 24 | He was approaching thirty-two and the elusive big break and rainbow 's end that is the goal of everyone who ever set foot in Hollywood seemed no nearer to achievement . |
| 25 | ‘ If she ever set foot in this house , I 'd walk out of it , ’ Mary continued . |
| 26 | Let me make it quite plain , if Mike Channon ever set foot in the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three he would not go anywhere but Athletico , even if I had to sell my house and body to keep him here . |
| 27 | Something inside Merrill protested at the lie , but she went on stonily , ‘ I think I had your measure before I ever set foot in these offices . |
| 28 | you ever set eyes on me . ’ |
| 29 | Some motorists deliberately set fire to their cars , others do under-the-counter deals for new tyres or batteries when claiming for a new windscreen . |
| 30 | The Witch King of Naggaroth once more set foot on the land from where he 'd so long ago been driven . |