Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This line proves that Mark Antony meant to set the people off , to kill the members of the conspiracy . |
| 2 | Pete began to set the pieces out on the board . |
| 3 | Burun had set the target back in its original position , an easy shot . |
| 4 | Sandy Lyle had set the fashion for getting home in two from there when he won in 1988 and though Couples did not , like Lyle , make a birdie , he was only a whisker away from it . |
| 5 | It was not until Rewald 's 1944 publication , Degas , Works in Sculpture , that a fully illustrated catalogue appeared and it was another thirty years before Charles Millard 's The Sculpture of Edgar Degas attempted to set the work in a wider context . |
| 6 | Jed had led 8-5 at the turn , with Gregor McKechnie having set the scoreboard in motion after only two minutes with a penalty and Melrose responding after a period of sustained pressure from the home side , through a try by Gary Parker whose turn of speed caused problems for the Jed defence . |
| 7 | God has set the seed of his Spirit in our hearts and intends to produce in us a crop of lovely qualities of character if we do not grieve the Spirit ( Eph. 4:30 ) by wilful disobedience or neglect . |
| 8 | He promptly referred the caller to Southampton based Royal Scottish Consultant John Buckland who called in Danny to help set the wheels in motion . |
| 9 | Canadian veteran Grant Connell had set the stage for Nestor in more ways than one . |
| 10 | Britain has set the European Community on a course that I wholly applaud — an ever closer union of nation states . |
| 11 | Investors were heartened by news that Saudi Arabia has set the second phase of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in train by making a £1½ billion down-payment , ending months of uncertainty over the contract 's future . |
| 12 | Apart from the budget , Britain hopes to set the negotiating mandate for the new members queueing to join , probably initially Sweden , Finland and Austria . |
| 13 | Dunlop continued to set the pace when winning the 250cc McBride Fashions Irish Championship race from Davy Johnston with Stephen Hazlett , third . |
| 14 | The plea bargain agreed between Exxon , the Justice Department and the state of Alaska had set the company 's total liability at $1 billion : $900m of this was a civil settlement to meet costs incurred by the government in cleaning up the 11m gallons of oil spilt into Prince William Sound ; the other $100m was a fine , payable to the Treasury , to settle the four criminal charges . |
| 15 | Co-ordinator Andrew Smart has set the following schedule to the end of April : |
| 16 | ‘ Sonny has set the date for next year , ’ Bull O'Malley said . |
| 17 | The interpretation of Mannheim 's project that von Schelting initiated set the scene for its incorporation into mainstream functionalist sociology . |
| 18 | Now Alvar Fañez Minaya had set the host in order and while the Bishop Don Hieronymo and Gil Diaz led away the body of the Cid , and Doña Ximena , and the baggage , he fell upon the Moors . |
| 19 | For the most part , Hollywood has set the agenda . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , however , plastic recycling is little practised in this country although Tesco has set the ball rolling with a limited scheme . |