Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Although she sets the goals for him to achieve , in fact success depends on the mutual effort of the physiotherapist and the patient . |
| 3 | OK , so you set the flat on fire . |
| 4 | In May last year he broke into the family 's him in Cheltenham , but he found nothing he wanted , so he set the house on fire . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The garter carriage can be used to knit a ribbed welt , but always remember that if you set the garter carriage to knit a 24 row welt and then leave it , that is all it will achieve . |
| 7 | If you set the right standards and she knows that she ca n't fool you , you 'll be all right . |
| 8 | You can have more fun though if you set the level of symmetry higher than 1 . |
| 9 | I says well you can if you set the alarm the clock ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If we set the poem 's rubric , which informs us that we shall be reading a fabliau , on one side for the moment , we could in the first stanza be looking at a tail-rhyme romance — a type familiar in English literature from the fourteenth century . |
| 12 | ‘ The theory is that if we set the lead the passengers will overcome their inhibitions and join in , ’ Niall added . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In a sense that mechanism is the cause of the industrial change : the shift to a new international division of labour occurs because of the international market and the multinational corporations , or because they set the framework for profit-oriented production and investment . |
| 16 | I have gone into this at some length because it sets the stage for what Wittgenstein says . |
| 17 | Albert , take Carrie to fetch the goose while I set the table . ’ |
| 18 | Then go upstairs , while I set the necessary wheels in motion , and wait for me . " |
| 19 | Opening remarks are important since they set the tone for the rest of the sales interview . |
| 20 | For two hours he 'd have me swimming after a brush held in front of my nose , while he set the pace up and down the side of the baths . |
| 21 | " Be off , before I set the dogs on you ! " |
| 22 | And before she set the thought aside , she too responded in kind , and wondered , Was it him ? |
| 23 | I think Mr is that before we set the . |
| 24 | How much can Japan 's corporate punters sell before they set the market sliding under their feet ? |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Chen exchanged a brief look with Wang Ti as she set the bowls down on the table , then nodded . |
| 27 | He glanced at her as she set the tray down on the table between them , then frowned , seeing how Karr was staring at her . |
| 28 | As she set the pot on the table , her father came into the kitchen , his beard dark with melting snow . |
| 29 | Her movements as she set the inverted cups upright on their saucers and manipulated milk jug , teapot and hot water jug were precise and just a little fussy . |
| 30 | She glared at him as she set the glass down with a clatter . |