Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] set the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 could do , I mean if I was setting the exam I probably would , sort of , you know people know roughly about , I mean they 're all going to drive cars one car .
2 Remember I asked you this morning to just just after lunch to jot down what it was that you need to improve on just as you 're setting the clock just say something like by the end of this talk I 'd like you to congratulate me on having moved around a bit more having not put me hands in me pockets , whatever it might be .
3 In the finale , as the whole orchestra was pronouncing the triple supplication ‘ Do-na-no-bis-pa-cem ’ , all at once a wonderful gesture escaped you : you plunged your left fist deep down as if you were setting the torch to the side of a funeral pyre .
4 ‘ No thanks , old man , ’ said Donald , ‘ we 're setting the world to rights here . ’
5 Dancers on stage must establish their relationship to each other and to those who enter and also the particular way they are to set the action or dance going by initiating the phrasing , style and expressiveness of the choreographic design to be unfolded .
6 They could see no reason why he would turn them down and they 're setting the paperwork in motion to put
7 The Government is fond of pointing out that output rose 20% between 1981 and 1991 , but it is setting the starting point in the trough of a recession to suit itself .
8 And he 's setting the scene for the Resurrection he 's setting the setting the scene for his triumph out of despair .
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