Example sentences of "set [pron] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was a first team regular until then , but it has really set me back . ’ |
| 2 | This has set me back a few weeks , that 's all . |
| 3 | Must have set you back a bit . ’ |
| 4 | A phone call in 1955 would have set you back less than one new penny . |
| 5 | Back in the late '70s an RD Artist bass would have set you back around £800 ( Gibson UK carried an ad that read , ‘ The guitar you probably could n't play , even if you could afford one , ’ which probably did n't help its sales ! — Ed ) . |
| 6 | Your unwarranted intrusion may have set him back months . ’ |