Example sentences of "and set the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The choreographer 's next task is to establish the relationship between two or more players and set the action going . |
| 2 | It must be Mr Kinnock 's task this week to capture this new agenda for Labour and set the party on the path to power . |
| 3 | But Jones is a snappy player in every sense , and set the tone for an afternoon of petulant silliness with a Gatting-like finger-wagging retort to one of Keith Griffiths 's decisions . |
| 4 | He was ahead of his time and set the pattern for the post-war development of soccer as a ‘ media event ’ . |
| 5 | This will clear up any mysteries from this morning 's lesson and set the scene for tonight 's exercise . |
| 6 | The free play of air around him defined and set the limits of his body in a way that he had completely forgotten . |
| 7 | Those who did so were ‘ trying to demoralise Communists , reduce their effectiveness at a turning-point for perestroika , and set the workers against the party ’ . |
| 8 | The discovery of Fawn turned the story from an impenetrable imbroglio into a juicy tale , and set the appetite for whatever show , or film , could be made of it . |
| 9 | He made the line fast to the Zodiac 's bow cleat and set the drag brake on the reel at two hundred kilos . |
| 10 | He covered her with a blanket and set the alarm clock to ring in an hour , wrapping it in a towel . |
| 11 | Piatakov , a Ukrainian , now argued that , following Lenin 's April theses , prepared on his return to Russia , which rejected the existing party policy of supporting the provisional government and set the Party on the road to the seizure of power , socialism was on the immediate agenda , not the establishment of a bourgeois republic . |
| 12 | ‘ Besides , he 's wanting to take an army to England , to overthrow Henry Tudor and set the Duke of York on his rightful throne . |
| 13 | He took a sip of tea and set the cup aside . |
| 14 | He drank the last of his tea and set the cup and saucer down carefully on the side table . |
| 15 | He reduced this to a quarter and set the glass down on the wooden table with a clatter . |
| 16 | He finished off his drink and set the empty glass down on the table with exaggerated care . |
| 17 | The cloud rolled effortlessly and relentlessly down the slopes of the volcano , spreading out into a broad fan which rapidly engulfed St Pierre , and in the next two or three minutes killed all but two of the population , and set the town ablaze from end to end . |
| 18 | I dragged myself out of bed and set the machine up on the kitchen table . |
| 19 | A ntecedent events are those events that precede , lead up to and set the stage for the disobedient |
| 20 | When Scotland played Wales at Liverpool in the dramatic World Cup qualifier , he miraculously pushed a John Toshack lob onto the bar , a save that turned the game in Scotland 's favour , and set the seal on Scotland 's trip to Argentina . |
| 21 | He rewound the handle and set the machine playing . |
| 22 | Unperturbed , Albert Booth ( Labour 's transport spokesman ) raised steam and set the parliamentary engine moving in the great Westminster marshalling yard . |
| 23 | Wealthy friends who still held him in high regard as a man , raised money and set the family up in a 500 acre property which they arranged in the names of Mrs. Piper and the children . |
| 24 | Except of course … ’ she broke off to toss back the rest of the whisky and set the tumbler down on Hugo 's desk , ‘ except of course that I do n't suppose I shall be here long enough to make the adjustment . ’ |
| 25 | The ITC finally issued the long-delayed invitation to apply for C5 and set the closing date for July 7 . |
| 26 | Choose from chess on one side or if you fancy something a little less taxing on the mind simply turn the mat over and set the ‘ board ’ for a fun game of checkers — you could even use it to lie on when you come out of the sea ! |
| 27 | ANDREW SMITH 'S TIP : I use 50% of the holding tank water and 50% rain water and set the heater stat to a degree or two high ( around 76°F to 80°F ) than the maintenance tank . |
| 28 | Restring the guitar and set the desired action height , checking the intonation and string alignment ; a certain amount of alignment correction is allowed by moving the neck laterally ( slacken the four neck bolts slightly , move neck , retighten bolts ) . |
| 29 | The latter and associated rubber air pipes caught alight and set the main avionics loom on fire . |
| 30 | CHOOSE plates , cutlery and crystal and set the table if practical , leaving all the glasses upside down . |