Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I potter and practise on my newly-restored Orange Beast , my socket set in the sidecar and patience at the ready . |
| 2 | But Ireland 's new track queen Sonia O'Sullivan also has her eyes set on the prize , and she has the taste for mega-bucks after her 3,000m win in Brussels earned her four one kilogram gold bars worth about £33,000 . |
| 3 | As he points out , the idea ( and a lot of the lines ) for ‘ Ebeneezer Goode ’ were around before Mister C. And The Shamen had long had their sights set on the charts . |
| 4 | With regret I decided it was too risky for a party of cadets to accompany me — any way the island boys had their sights set on the night life of Fort William . |
| 5 | Isobel was ambitious , and had her sights set on the national news media ; unfortunately , so did every other young news-hustler in every backwater station in the country , and few of them were having to contend with sinuses that felt as if they 'd been stuffed with pillows . |
| 6 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 7 | With its sights set on the worldwide Keno Gaming market , AWA Gaming Systems has announced the release of Kenix , a Concurrent Computer Corp , real-time Unix-based version of the computer system driving the popular gambling game Club Keno . |
| 8 | With its sights set against the established social and political order , it was further estranged from those newspapers which were able to participate in the reporting and gossip of metropolitan politics . |
| 9 | Then they were formal again , and the company was trooping out of the courtyard and into the cold breeze that billowed down from the distant mountains , their faces set towards the east . |
| 10 | They were drunk , marchers and watchers , exalted out of themselves , their faces set in the rictus of certainty . |
| 11 | The tournament had attracted the media of Spain , Germany , and the United States , whilst in Japan and Australia golf addicts would be watching their TV sets in the middle of the night to see how Otaki and Coleman were doing . |
| 12 | At the first of the smaller channels she turned and began to ease herself down the shallow bank , grunting , her face set against the pain she was causing herself . |
| 13 | Charley Hoskins had been trained as a blacksmith but , like so many Saltash boys , had his heart set on the sea and it was when he had joined the Royal Navy that he met Ben Bellaser . |
| 14 | Why am I using his work to set alongside the interview extracts ? |
| 15 | Young , Arthur was playing with his tool set under the table and during a lull in the conversation was heard to say : ‘ Now , where 's my tenon saw — oh course , I lent it to Harry Acton — that bloke never brings anything back . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series . |
| 17 | To help his awareness of his affected side , you can arrange his place setting with the plate or bowl in front of him and his glass or cup in front of his hemiplegic side . |
| 18 | She was saved from that particular choice by a boy of about seven , who had apparently been playing with his train set in the porch . |
| 19 | Penry looked as though he was about to burst into speech for a moment , then his face set in the familiar harsh lines , and without another word he turned on his heel and made for his sanctum , slamming the door behind him . |
| 20 | Are your eyes set on the right holiday horizon ? |
| 21 | With our feet firmly on the ground and our sights set in the right direction . |