Example sentences of "and set " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even as you begin to draw back the snap punch , pick up your front foot and set it down diagonally forwards and outwards , using a thrusting action from the rear leg to cover ground . |
| 2 | She found a spanner and set to work on the bike . |
| 3 | Following the instructions , I filled my saucepans and kettle with water and set them all to boil . |
| 4 | The choreographer 's next task is to establish the relationship between two or more players and set the action going . |
| 5 | Initially , a swift , artistically rough job was contemplated , a ‘ tendentious piece ’ which would take a few months to write and would enrage ‘ the nihilists and Westerners ’ and set them ‘ howling about me that I 'm a retrograde . |
| 6 | It must be Mr Kinnock 's task this week to capture this new agenda for Labour and set the party on the path to power . |
| 7 | Soon after police arrived to carry out the order , violence spread , as students smashed and set fire to Mr Kamba 's Mercedes car , and police responded with tear gas and baton charges . |
| 8 | Then she lopped off her head and finally decided to douse her mortal remains with petrol and set fire to herself . ’ |
| 9 | Out of the dust of the Bodleian , Dr Lonsdale has resurrected more than a hundred witty women and set them glistening and pulsing with life and spirits before us ; and through their fresh and often subversive eyes , the Augustan age seems much closer than it did . |
| 10 | But Jones is a snappy player in every sense , and set the tone for an afternoon of petulant silliness with a Gatting-like finger-wagging retort to one of Keith Griffiths 's decisions . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the paper imposed a 4 per cent pay deal , sweetened with merit money , an action which further inflamed feelings and led to industrial action and set Monday 9 October as the date when all would be revealed . |
| 12 | Yet we felt we should give this fellow a chance , so my wife put it in a box and set it on top of the Aga . |
| 13 | Roll into a turban ; place in the centre of filo layers and set aside . |
| 14 | There was also general agreement that there should be an international authority operating on the lines of a domestic regulatory board , with the power to regulate routes , arbitrate in disputes , and set technical standards . |
| 15 | You do not go out after a dragon with hounds and huntsmen ; nor with gangs of labourers to dig pits and set fires and lay traps . |
| 16 | Mona scalded the large teapot and set it to brew . |
| 17 | Waiting in the wings is the C112 supercar , powered , we now believe , by the new V12 engine and set to make its first public appearance at the Frankfurt show in September . |
| 18 | He was ahead of his time and set the pattern for the post-war development of soccer as a ‘ media event ’ . |
| 19 | This will clear up any mysteries from this morning 's lesson and set the scene for tonight 's exercise . |
| 20 | Cover and set aside for several hours or overnight , stirring occasionally if passing . |
| 21 | The free play of air around him defined and set the limits of his body in a way that he had completely forgotten . |
| 22 | Caroline was delighted and set to work transforming her straight , shoulder-length hair into a glamorous new look . |
| 23 | So it was that the eight of us ended up , kit gleaming in the spring sunshine , awaiting the arrival of the man who would diagnose our ills , administer a local anaesthetic and set us on the road to perfect health . |
| 24 | Polish protesters hurled paint and petrol on a monument to Lenin in Krakow and set it on fire yesterday before clashing with police , who used force to break up the second anti-Soviet disturbance in a week . |
| 25 | Polish protesters hurled paint and petrol on a monument to Lenin in Krakow and set it on fire yesterday before clashing with police , who used force to break up the second anti-Soviet disturbance in a week . |
| 26 | Polish protesters hurled paint and petrol on a monument to Lenin in Krakow and set it on fire yesterday before clashing with police , who used force to break up the second anti-Soviet disturbance in a week . |
| 27 | Those who did so were ‘ trying to demoralise Communists , reduce their effectiveness at a turning-point for perestroika , and set the workers against the party ’ . |
| 28 | They pointed out that economies prepared to allow ‘ a bit of inflation here and there ’ would include Britain , where the inflation rate is already one of the highest in the European Community and set to rise from 7.3 per cent to around 8 per cent later this week . |
| 29 | They pointed out that economies prepared to allow ‘ a bit of inflation here and there ’ would include Britain , where the inflation rate is already one of the highest in the European Community and set to rise from 7.3 per cent to around 8 per cent later this week . |
| 30 | Shop windows containing the Romanian dictator 's portrait were also smashed and vehicles overturned and set alight . |