Example sentences of "[noun pl] set [adv prt] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , export manager at Courtaulds Coatings in New Zealand , met fellow winner , manager of the trade and retail paint division at Courtaulds International ( Brazil ) , in Hobart when the yachts set off on February 13 . |
| 2 | Crops are harvested almost without sweat , boats set off on journeys with full sails , celebrations are carried off with style and decorum . |
| 3 | now reverting again please if you would to the one we first looked at which is er , see the costs set out on page thirty one there and we can see under personal costs with the star that refers please note that these charges are an average and depend on personal electricity consumption and are subject to verification and local authority assessment , er did you understand the difference between the management charge and the service charge ? |
| 4 | Rosa Guy is also very descriptive and emotional in her writing , one of my favourite descriptions is on pages 53–54 which tells us how Mrs Aimsley has all her glasses set out on shelves and the higher the shelf , the more expensive the glass and of course not being used to drinking out of glasses , Imamu takes the most expensive type from which to drink milk and syrup and after washing and drying it , he put it back on the shelf , but as he takes his hand away , the glass tips over and falls , smashing on the sink . |
| 5 | We have audited the accounts set out on pages eight to fourteen in accordance with auditing standards . |
| 6 | Most of these books are sold from stalls set up on pavements , in public squares and near metro stations in Moscow , St Petersburg and elsewhere . |
| 7 | Rich men in gowns , dresses and Roman robes set off on foot to north , south , east and west . |
| 8 | But I had augmented it in my mind ; for all that remains is two stones set up on end , with a long one laid upon them , as was usual , and one stone at a little distance from them . |