Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] set [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
2 | Ensuring that services stay up to set standards by employing a team of inspectors to monitor the service in detail |
3 | Of course , I 've only set eyes on him a couple of times . ’ |
4 | Now I comes to think on it , I 've not set eyes on Black Will since afore we went to the Garden Tower last evening . ’ |
5 | I 've not set eyes on her since I got back . ’ |
6 | ‘ I 'm trying to recall if I 've ever set eyes on her ; I 've a vague memory of a plump wee lass at a cousin 's wedding three or four years back . |
7 | I do n't think I 've ever set eyes on her , ’ said Jack . |
8 | I 've never set eyes on him . |
9 | ‘ I hardly feel that I 'm the person to answer that particular question , ’ offered Mr Palmer , ‘ as I 've never set eyes on the lady before yesterday . ’ |
10 | As we have already set zeros to blanks ( in Step 7 ) the outcome of the match being false is that the cell is left blank . |
11 | According to them , not a quarter of the people in that house have ever set eyes on Mr. Keller . ’ |
12 | ‘ And let's pray this is the last time I need ever set eyes on you ! ’ |
13 | ‘ Down here we have n't set eyes on a banana for years ! |
14 | ‘ To my certain knowledge , Wendy , I have never set eyes on anyone called Margot Iverson in my life before . ’ |
15 | As such , it was able to produce ‘ a more wonderful miracle than the greatest achievement of science ’ , for ‘ it enables millions who have never set eyes on one another to act together in peaceful and mutual co-operation and makes them glad and proud to do so ’ ( p. 8 ) . |