Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] set [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nationalist slogans , ‘ pulled out of the murkiest depths of history ’ , were chanted , and the crowd , armed with metal posts , sticks and stones , then proceeded to beat up local citizens , overturn cars and set them on fire , and smash the windows of shops and other public buildings . |
| 2 | The aim here is to look at its political and social repercussions and to set it in the wider context of central-local administrative relations . |
| 3 | He baited his baskets and set them in the water , he was so cunning ! |
| 4 | She picked it up and set it on her knee , then began taking out the yellow and black wooden pieces and setting them on the board . |
| 5 | Some observers also calculate that , if one takes account of the profits forgone from these enterprises in future years and sets them against the revenues raised now , the government may have sold the assets at too low a price . |
| 6 | What does Mr Hattersley know about rights that sets him above the wisdom of the ages ? |
| 7 | Whatever happened to that little boy , all cuddles and kisses and cheeky sayings that set everyone in a roar ? |
| 8 | There are two classes of printers , one called newspaper hands and set nothing but solid matter ; and properly trained compositors who have been taught to do jobbing , tabular work and everything . " |
| 9 | His purpose in writing was to recount the human stories of all his fellow parishioners and their ancestors and to set them against the physical environment and administrative framework of the place where they lived . |
| 10 | This might give vital stimulation to others and set them on new lines of discovery . |
| 11 | In 1957 , by a coincidence , we both sorted letters and set them in order . |