Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [modal v] set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now be off , or I 'll set the Romans on ye . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Just stop what you 're doing or I 'll set the police on you . ’ |
| 3 | Or it may set the direction of a programme of research , as when the Gestalt psychologists extended their primarily visual concept of ‘ insight ’ into a gestalt ( literally ‘ shape ’ ) from perception to thinking . |
| 4 | It meant I would n't be perceived as another girl singer — and I could set the look and feel and energy of what I was about . ’ |
| 5 | Then you strode in , as the new maths teacher , and you would set the problems on the board and stride around the class getting us all to co-operate in sharing the problems . |
| 6 | And we will set the questions . |
| 7 | They are responsible for the long range planning activities of the firm and they will set the overall goals . |
| 8 | This would be the first party since the Christmas and New Year round of celebrations , and it would set the tome and standard for the rest of the year . |
| 9 | It will , sadly , be too late for many young people , whose lives have already been ruined ; but it could set the agenda for future generations who might even get society better organised than we did . |