Example sentences of "[pron] set [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I set it to the same frequency as the only Mark I Super C64 in existence , I might just be able to contact an old friend of ours . ’ |
| 2 | We talked a lot during those months on the same bench together , and it was his influence which set me on the trade union path . |
| 3 | With five regulars missing they rarely tested former colleague Woods in the Wednesday goal and it was Sheridan , another of Hillsborough 's former Forest contingent , who set them on the way to victory . |
| 4 | Set realistic goals Make sure you can achieve what you set yourself in the time |
| 5 | You set it on the way back . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And he 'll tell you that each of us would-be Marines is one in a million — one in a billion — except for he who sets himself above the rest of his brothers ; and that one is less . ’ |
| 7 | Plumping up the pillows , she set them against the padded headrest and left , closing the door behind her . |
| 8 | And … and she set us to the station , and … and Mama promised to write . ’ |
| 9 | She set it on the table , avoiding his stare , and made as if to leave , but stopped before she reached the door and looked in his eyes . |
| 10 | She set it on the bench and raised hammer and chisel . |
| 11 | At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned . |
| 12 | Then she set it in the middle of a saucer . |
| 13 | Go around the group and have everybody in turn explain a particular example of their coping , or the task they set themselves during the preceding week . |
| 14 | As he set her on the floor again , Kirsty turned to Shiona . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , the main thrust of Kandel 's findings and the theoretical framework within which he set them during the 1970s and 1980s have until recently scarcely been challenged . |
| 16 | Then , bowing respectfully , he set them in the jar before the tiny image of his great-great-grandfather . |
| 17 | Instead , having conducted a further searching examination , he set me to the cataloguing of the little rituals , those magical forms of thought that I myself had developed in order to cope with the stress of eidesis . |
| 18 | Smoothly , he set it on the table , then resumed his seat . |
| 19 | ‘ Must n't forget that , ’ he commented as he set it on the table and , with a glow of pride , Mildred walked away arm-in-arm with the two most important people at the celebrations , to have a proper old-fashioned tea by the nearest bonfire . |