Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] set [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
2 | BRILLIANT hurdles prospect Allison Curbishley watched birthday girl Gowry Retchakhan smash the Daily Telegraph UK Women 's League record yesterday and immediately set a new divisional mark . |
3 | Its aim was to act as a bluff in the wage negotiations in order to shame the Councils , first into meeting each year , and then setting a respectable wage increase . |
4 | Hunton , ( unfortunately later to be hanged for highway robbery ) took Tawell into his firm and virtually set the young man up . |
5 | Nothing snide or loaded here but enough to set a high Tory and paternalistic tone not often heard from the platform at recent Conservative conferences . |
6 | Not only did they run the longest steam-hauled train ever seen on the 20-mile line since BR days , but also set a new British mileage record for the longest continuous run of Beamish Museum 's replica ‘ Locomotion ’ . |