Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] set [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But manager Howard Wilkinson 's hopes that Batty would be available to spark a revival at Elland Road were dashed yesterday when the player said : ‘ I ca n't set a comeback date and if things do n't improve soon I 'll have to see a specialist . ’ |
| 2 | For example , you should n't set a goal for a 10-minute improvement in the 10K . |
| 3 | Because of this , she would not set a date for the wedding . |
| 4 | You wo n't set the press on me . |
| 5 | But it does not mean that , with some ingenuity , you can not set a detective story , or almost any of its variants and successors , at some period in the past . |
| 6 | We continue to accept the long term UN target for aid of 0.7 per cent of GNP , although we can not set a timetable for its achievement . |
| 7 | He began to rake the shadows , furious he could not set a light ; his eyes were keener underwater than in this dark , all shapes around him were phantoms edged in blue in the starlight , but he saw no bundle among the sleeping men that could be Sycorax , no body that was Ariel 's . |
| 8 | What do people mean when they say , ‘ He wo n't set the Thames on fire ’ ? |