Example sentences of "set [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had set down the bag of washing on the floor between his feet , for she had n't been able to manage the washing since last year 's fall . |
| 2 | She had set down the candle . |
| 3 | Mrs Stych had just set down the last of her bags of groceries on the kitchen counter and begun to unpack them , when there was the sound of a heavy truck drawing up outside her house . |
| 4 | In it was set down the ‘ The Fundamental Purpose Of The United States ’ and ‘ The Fundamental Design Of The Kremlin' together with their ‘ Underlying Conflict In The Realm Of Ideas And Values ’ . |
| 5 | This downhill was set down the long-established OK course from Bellewarde to La Daille ; the two in February will be on the new Olympic piste carved down the precipitate north-east face on to the very heart of the village . |
| 6 | I have set down the following experience as one that has haunted me for many years . |
| 7 | In turn , similar financial disciplines and targets could be set down the line , ‘ rewarding and punishing individual operations according to risk performance ’ . |
| 8 | But there is little civic pride in Maan that its actions should have set off the train of events . |
| 9 | The blue top and bottom trims not only set off the looks of the tank , but also obviate the need for a layer of polystyrene under the tank . |
| 10 | Her exhaust also set off the colliery 's underground fire alarm after simmering near the down-shaft ventilation screens ! |
| 11 | Though his yelling had not moved the stones it had set off the dogs and one against the other they barked and bayed , an unusual salute as he entered the bounds of the sheer-sided , heavy-wooded , spectacular wilderness . |
| 12 | Fragments of rock , and of Mait , flung backwards by the blast , also set off the other bomb and in moments , several tens of yards of ceiling had collapsed in . |
| 13 | We repair to the kitchen and blithely set off the burglar alarm searching for the cat to cuddle . |
| 14 | ‘ You mean I 've set off the alarms ? |
| 15 | Besides , he wrote , now that I am at last working on the big glass and have set up the two panels and locked them into their metal frame , notions like success and failure are no longer pertinent , there is only the project and its outcome , project , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , outcome , and words like success and failure can safely be left to others , wrote Harsnet . |
| 16 | The British Lung Foundation has set up the ‘ Breathe Easy Club ’ for people living with lung problems , their families and friends . |
| 17 | It was a triumph that also set up the Kiwis nicely for a surprise win over the seventh-seeded Italians . |
| 18 | In the US , he asserts , the government has realised that legislation is not enough and has set up the Computer Expert Resource Team . |
| 19 | One such group was the disabled community for whom he had set up the Prince of Wales Advisory Group on Disability . |
| 20 | When Edward Shevardnadze resigned as foreign minister , he at once set up the first privately financed think-tank in the Soviet Union , the Foreign Policy Association . |
| 21 | Just before his departure , Ellis had set up the position for prop Harmon 's try . |
| 22 | Together , they had set up the famous soap box . |
| 23 | When the kelp industry collapsed , the landlords , who had themselves set up the crofts in the first place , tried actively to get rid of them . |
| 24 | We have set up the Farm Animal Welfare Council and have brought in welfare codes covering livestock on farms and in transit . |
| 25 | They had to carry a table out with them , which was set up the required ten metres from the shed wall , and the pistols were laid out , and the targets pinned up . |
| 26 | It has set up the Highlands and Islands Development Board . |
| 27 | In the two day court case McMurdo argued that he had set up the deal whilst McClair was his client . |
| 28 | The company can have between two and 50 shareholders ( people who have given money to help set up the company , and in return take a share of its profits ) . |
| 29 | Dave Brown has set up the Canoe Polo Sports Clinic . |
| 30 | It had been Kurt who had set up the dozens of licensing deals for menswear and toiletries , bedlinen and beachwear , soft furnishings and costume jewellery , all bearing the name of Hugo Varna , which had not only saved him from bankruptcy but also made him his first million . |