Example sentences of "[vb mod] set [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It embodies the decision impugned and apart from the definitions I must set it out in full . |
2 | If the Purchaser wishes specific matters to be warranted it should set them out in detail . |
3 | If you 're worried about Chester 's , and you really think you could do something to help , a relaxing holiday should set you up for the fight ! ’ |
4 | ‘ You 'll set me up in my own flat — ’ |
5 | It 'll set you right in no time . ’ |
6 | Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow . |
7 | There we are curly , and that 'll set you out of mischief |
8 | The success you have in rehabilitating Chloe Joe depends on your sensitivity towards her and the infinite time an patience you are prepared to spend — remember , one lapse of patience could set her back by weeks . |
9 | ‘ I watch everything I can because I feel this is a tie that could set us up for a good run in Europe , ’ added Creaney . |
10 | And if Mike could set it up for tonight , and it went well , a drink with J. J. in the club afterward could pay big dividends . |
11 | Or she could set it down on a shelf alongside an empty flower jug . |
12 | → Do you realise , Steve , that a professional standard , concert classical guitar could set you back in the region of £7,000 , and that orchestral instruments regularly change hands for much more ? |
13 | That was how we 'd set it up from the beginning . |
14 | The book begins , with the description of father and son at the latter 's birth ; the following paragraph is so formal in its rhetorical design , balancing each element of Mr Dombey 's description against a similar element of the description of Paul , that we may set it out in tabular form ( reading the columns from left to right ) : This is a brief glimpse of one kind of language which recurs at intervals throughout the book , especially at symbolic and ceremonial points in the fortunes of the Dombey family : births , funerals , and marriages . |
15 | When he divorced a wife he would set her up in a house of her own with her children ; and as his twenty-seven sons came to maturity he directed them into various different occupations , to ensure a spread of enterprise which would be useful to all of them . |
16 | Right now she could n't even face the thought of the long drive home — but a short rest would set her back on her feet again . |
17 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
18 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
19 | ‘ He could start back after Christmas but that would be too late for Cheltenham and there is always the risk that he could do more damage which would set him back for next season . ’ |
20 | This grub would set me up for forty-eight hours at least . |
21 | We shall set him up in advertising , |
22 | I will set them out in the order in which I propose to deal with them . |
23 | I do not need it and will set it aside for you , my dear boy , to complete your studies . |
24 | I will set you down at the West Gate . ’ |
25 | Afterall a good horse will cost you a fortune to buy … and then having it trained and ridden by the best will set you back at least a thousand pounds a month … |
26 | It will set you back between £40 to £80 for treatment which will last up to an hour . |
27 | A pint of lager in the North will set you back between £1.14 and £1.50 , in Yorkshire between £1.20 and £1.55 , and in London between £1.33 and £1.82 . |
28 | ‘ We 've been struggling a bit at Everton , especially at home , but we hope that will set us up for the rest of the season . ’ |
29 | If his opponent is not standing correctly , an attacker can set him up by feinting a blow to an area of the body and following up with a sweep . |
30 | But a subtle critic may well save us a great deal of time , pain and trouble in the learning , for he can set us aright at the outset , and by his example rather than by his assertions show us how to avoid admiring that which is unworthy . |