Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 2 | David 's been helping me set up the I 've , I 've just bought myself a three eight six . |
| 3 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 4 | It is the only course in the United Kingdom which will qualify her to set up a dance and fitness college in the province — a business , she believes , which will afford her children security for the future while fulfilling their mother 's lifelong ambition . |
| 5 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 6 | Let me set out the main provisions of the agreements we reached . |
| 7 | This allows you to set up a different sound by altering the mid emphasis , coupled with selectable additional boost which can then be triggered by either the front panel ‘ enable ’ switch or via a footswitch . |
| 8 | Again Ted demurred , but the Parliamentary Party 's unease over the procedure for new leadership elections caused him to set up a review committee under Alec Home . |
| 9 | Leaving this aside for the moment though , let us set up a contrast between the two as follows : |
| 10 | But I ca n't see them setting up a situation where they 're gon na exploit their own workers |
| 11 | Now there is a waiting list of would-be residents for vacancies in existing houses or in new ones , and parents in Providence , Rhode Island , have asked the Wizanskys to help them set up a similar scheme . |
| 12 | When I arrive on Saturday morning , the people are all there , waiting to help me set up the table , making up kits , giving out leaflets . ’ |
| 13 | Please could you give me some information to help me set up the tank for coldwater fish , such as filtration , lighting , decor and stocking ? , . |
| 14 | I took on additional work in the Council , bullying them to set up a committee to draft out statutory requirements for caravan sites — which later became the basis for a Private Member 's Bill — and still had time to dig the vegetable garden and walk miles with the children , just for the pleasure of it . |
| 15 | This could be in the form of simple notes , but a better way is to compile a revised shot list in which the details are given together with other editing information ( eg ‘ delete first six seconds ’ ) to help you set up the edit-points quickly . |
| 16 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 17 | Mr Suharto has been tempting it back into his orbit by , for example , encouraging a Chinese business group to help it set up a bank , thus giving the NU 's members a useful stake in the economic largesse that the government can dispense . |
| 18 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 19 | So I teach them to set up the carriages as if there were not a card in . |
| 20 | The technique that we have introduced for light aircraft groups will enable you to set up a reasonably accurate performance on most types in those groups , requiring the minimum of adjustment on individual aircraft . |
| 21 | Now , £100 000 from the Department of Industry has enabled him to set up a full-time commercial unit to analyse samples sent from Europe as well as Britain . |
| 22 | She wanted to be held by him , and as the sad , poignant music began it set up a yearning inside of her that she did n't know how to dispel . |
| 23 | The journal has now changed its status to that of a charity which will give tax advantages and will enable it to set up an endowment fund . |
| 24 | The court heard he set up a bank account with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Darlington in the name of Momen Garawand and then used cheque books to spend almost £6,500 . |
| 25 | He joined the company in 1960 when asked him to set up the Company 's first electrical department . |
| 26 | Dutta said Guppy also asked him to set up an account in Geneva which he used to channel nearly £500,000 following the fake robbery and insurance payout . |
| 27 | A COLLEAGUE 'S 4½-year-old son has asked him to set up the video camera in front of the chimney on Christmas Eve to catch Santa on camera . |
| 28 | This command tells it to set up a storage area called Employees and to allocate space for Employee Number , Name , Department and any other items specified . |
| 29 | Now then , how do I set up the board ? |
| 30 | Do you set out the sum , er you must set out some calculation of how many you are likely to lose over the life of the aircraft , is there a percentage figure you could give us for that ? |