Example sentences of "[vb mod] set [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if Lewis wants to wear the WBC crown with pride , he must set himself aside from Riddick Bowe 's yellow-bellied tactics . |
| 2 | It embodies the decision impugned and apart from the definitions I must set it out in full . |
| 3 | If the Purchaser wishes specific matters to be warranted it should set them out in detail . |
| 4 | 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 ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 'll set me up in my own flat — ’ |
| 6 | And if I may we 'll set something up for them and we 'll try and get the shirt on the telly and whatever and try and get people to remember . |
| 7 | It 'll set you right in no time . ’ |
| 8 | Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow . |
| 9 | There we are curly , and that 'll set you out of mischief |
| 10 | There were no written rules or code of practice in the early years of the trade , and anyone could set themselves up as a coffin-maker or undertaker . |
| 11 | If I could set something up in Northumberland it would be a good thing . |
| 12 | A self-reliant smallholder with a good workshop could set himself up for barn-drying quite cheaply , connecting a second-hand electric or internal combustion motor to a suitable turbo-fan , and leading the air through ducts on the barn floor . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Or she could set it down on a shelf alongside an empty flower jug . |
| 17 | → 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 ? |
| 18 | That was how we 'd set it up from the beginning . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Lancashire they used to call it and , we used to , they used to set one on at first and then , as he knocked , if he could knock one off his feet onto his two feet , then he had to help him to knock the others over as they come in close and er , I know they do n't sound nothing like , you know , now but er , in them days we use to think it was great . |
| 21 | She knew she should reply with some light-hearted quip which would set everything down on a matter-of-fact level and make her meaning plain , but quips were beyond her . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 25 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 27 | This grub would set me up for forty-eight hours at least . |
| 28 | We shall set him up in advertising , |
| 29 | I will set them out in the order in which I propose to deal with them . |
| 30 | I do not need it and will set it aside for you , my dear boy , to complete your studies . |