Example sentences of "[conj] he set [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once he set eyes on Albert , he knew that the old man was very sick indeed . |
| 2 | His thought was in many ways inadequately worked out , but he set signposts for the future . |
| 3 | Today at Oxford Crown Court admitted one charge of arson … after he set fire to his home in desperation … |
| 4 | But in the latter year he also published Neue teutsche [ sic ] Gesang nach Art der welschen Madrigalien und Canzonetten in which the weight of German words naturally affects the music ; when he sets translations of Italian texts he has also composed , the difference is startling : |
| 5 | One of the craft was in a mighty hurry when he set Judas for Jesus at John vi.67 , as happened in 1609 ; and so was his descendant in 1653 when , at Corinthians vi.9 , he pronounced that ‘ the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of God ’ , which must have been a great comfort to a considerable number of citizens under the Commonwealth . |
| 6 | As soon as he sets foot on the elaborate stairway which rises three floors from the dark hall , itself leading off a gloomy cobbled courtyard , he has the feeling that he is leaving for a blessed hour or two his insubstantial world . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry : he says , as he sets foot to floor . |
| 8 | But as soon as he set foot on it , Branson wanted it . |
| 9 | As he set plates of cold meat , potato , and onion before us , he said , ‘ You do n't know how I am threatened . |