Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set up the bottle on the bedside table and a fresh pack of cigarettes . |
| 2 | To allow time to sort myself out we decided to sack this fish in the deep margin under some cover while I set up the camera equipment and finished a somewhat cold coffee . |
| 3 | Two years since I set up the glass and started to make marks on it . |
| 4 | I set down the watering can and start for the vegetable plot . |
| 5 | On the way back , I set down the grassbox , unplug the sprinkler and coil the hosepipe ( which Pa , being always so busy , has obviously forgotten ) in even circles around my hand and elbow , then go to the shed and lay it carefully over the two dowelling pegs . |
| 6 | I set out the Government 's objectives in a speech in this House before I went to Maastricht . |
| 7 | I set out the sunset quickly starting with the yellow around the sun and growing darker and more towards blue as I moved out from the centre , using a mixture of water and ox gall to make the paint stay wet . |
| 8 | I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do . |
| 9 | Now then , how do I set up the board ? |
| 10 | These development strategies should seek to preserve an acceptable balance of the various priorities , now in my position statement I set out the role and general advantages of new settlements as part of a development strategy in satisfying housing and employment needs of an area . |
| 11 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 12 | Do you set out the sum , er you must set out some calculation of how many you are likely to lose over the life of the aircraft , is there a percentage figure you could give us for that ? |
| 13 | Erm fact that you set up the scene for the introductions and you asked for it that you , you know , took and reduced those people to an image of which was good . |
| 14 | If you set up the water to the right parameters , there is no reason why you should no be able to keep this species successfully . |
| 15 | Now you might that will get us on T V and it it is also self financing as well in as much as you set up the promotion , the T V companies but it off you . |
| 16 | When you set up the form , you have immediately created your database . |
| 17 | You will be able to tackle and succeed in almost anything provided you set about the problem in the right way . |
| 18 | In this analysis er , if you set aside the effect of our sale of Elsivir er , the variance was forty nine million seventy percent of which relates to the U K. The drop in profits from our newspapers was the biggest and probably the most widely expected a substantial proportion of their costs are fixed and , er , they therefore are particularly sensitive to , er changes in volume . |
| 19 | the board that you set out the Lego on , you could run those on that . |
| 20 | I refer to figures published by the Minister on 12 November , in which she sets out the number of prisoners currently held in police cells . |
| 21 | Jane took the initiative and with encouragement from other students and tutors on the scheme she set up the Achievement Group , a ‘ students supporting students ’ programme . |
| 22 | She set up the business with a £4,000 bank loan and shortage of capital persuaded her to expand through franchising . |
| 23 | She set up the business with her husband Jeremy after receiving a £3,000 grant from the Princes Trust and help from Darlington Business Venture . |
| 24 | She set up the ladder beneath the hatch . |
| 25 | She set up the shop in 1990 with the intention of selling yarn , patterns and accessories . |
| 26 | She set down the tray and scampered off . |
| 27 | ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , as she set down the tray between them , ‘ do you always go into the office on Saturdays ? |
| 28 | But there was something of an occasion , even a ceremony , even a sacrament , in the way , on this evening , she set out the food and the vessels . |
| 29 | ‘ We are now on our tenth such scheme in the three years since we set up the company , ’ he said . |
| 30 | ‘ We are now on our tenth such scheme in the three years since we set up the company , ’ he said . |