Example sentences of "[pers pn] set the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then go upstairs , while I set the necessary wheels in motion , and wait for me . " |
| 2 | If you set the right standards and she knows that she ca n't fool you , you 'll be all right . |
| 3 | Her movements as she set the inverted cups upright on their saucers and manipulated milk jug , teapot and hot water jug were precise and just a little fussy . |
| 4 | She set the wayward Brats to School . |
| 5 | He sets the little circlets on her fingertips |
| 6 | It is generally agreed that Haydn was the father of the string quartet , and he set the highest standards : the quartets of Beethoven and Schubert could hardly have been written without his brilliant examples of how it should be done . |
| 7 | His knowledge of athletics , along with several other sports , was almost encyclopaedic , and together with fellow presenter David Coleman , he set the high standards for television coverage of athletics which have helped bring to the sport the huge audiences it enjoys today . |
| 8 | Second , however , he asserted that , if your Lordships ' House were to accept Woolwich 's argument , it would be impossible for us to set the appropriate limits to the application of the principle . |