Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] and set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fei Yen had dressed quite simply , in a peach ch'i p'ao , over which she wore a long embroidered cloak of white silk , decorated with stylised bamboo leaves of blue and green and edged in a soft pink brocade that matched the tiny pink ribbons in her hair and set the whole thing off quite perfectly . |
| 2 | Although , despite her principles and her ingrained reluctance to compromise , she could not suppress a pang of gratitude even now — as she dished up her broth and herb dumplings for the candidate — that an attack of the low fever , caught as usual from terrible , tormented Mrs Rattrie who , this time , had died of it , had kept Luke in bed during that wild week last summer when the plugs had been drawn from Braithwaite 's boiler and all Luke 's brave young friends who had got into the habit of gathering to smoke their pipes and set the world to rights of an evening in her hen-run , had gone marching off to join their " brothers ' from across the Pennines . |
| 3 | He drank the last of his tea and set the cup and saucer down carefully on the side table . |
| 4 | Li Shai Tung finished his business and set the comset down , smiling at Tsu Ma , then at his daughter-in-law , greeting them wordlessly . |
| 5 | Indeed , to anticipate a little , in sixty-seven of the eighty-two cases which I observed and recorded the client announced his need and set the objective for the solicitor . |
| 6 | He finished off his drink and set the empty glass down on the table with exaggerated care . |
| 7 | He was ahead of his time and set the pattern for the post-war development of soccer as a ‘ media event ’ . |