Example sentences of "[vb past] set the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TEESDALE District Council agreed to set the poll tax at £242.23 compared to £169.66 last year a 42pc increase of £72.57 . |
| 2 | His arrival seemed to set the conveyor belt in motion , and she lost all track of time as she dealt with one actor after another , flinching every time the door opened , yet aware of a peculiar emptiness when Dane failed to show up . |
| 3 | Mr Kinnock said the Prime Minister had set the Madrid conditions for entry , they had not been met , so she 'd caved in , he added . |
| 4 | Firstly , it was difficult to ensure that teachers would act as anticipated by those who had set the project objectives — changes were not internalized by teachers and made routine in their classrooms ( Richards , 1983 ; Slater , 1985 ) . |
| 5 | Her sixteenth birthday they had set the dining room table — her family usually ate in the kitchen — and her mother had imposed a reign of terror in her preparations . |
| 6 | I considered setting the whin bushes alight , but the flowers always looked cheerful when they came out , and the bushes smelled better fresh than burned , so I did n't . |