Example sentences of "[verb] to set the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branagh 's version retains a Chorus — Derek Jacobi in voice-over or in twentieth-century mufti ( greatcoat and scarf ) , sometimes even sharing the frame with the action — though arguably the camera can be trusted to set the scene unaided . |
| 2 | Petrol bombs were used to try to set the place alight . |
| 3 | We do n't want to set the place alight . ’ |
| 4 | The input is adjusted to set the output some standard level ( such as the rated output power ) . |
| 5 | The handling can best be described as ‘ good ’ ; with such a marked dihedral , lifting airfoil section and restricted elevator movement , you ai n't going to set the place alight . |
| 6 | In Britain , the equivalent is Prestel which , though stocked with stacks of useful information ( though no Madame Whiplashes ) , has failed to set the world alight . |
| 7 | It is very common to find that the combination of the adverbal adjective and its preceding verb can be matched by a single verb , without any change at all in the overall syntactic pattern or in the meaning : 14 ( a ) you should make the string longer you should lengthen the string ( b ) his sister wanted to set the owl free his sister wanted to release the owl or his sister wanted to free the owl ( c ) Liz had knocked her fiancè unconscious Liz had stunned her fiancè ( The same remark can be made of what are plainly close relatives of this construction , namely separable verbs where the second part is an adverb , or " particle " , as with put up ( = accommodate ) , or pull off ( = achieve . ) |