Example sentences of "he set aside " in BNC.

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1 When it is time for recreation , he sets aside his regal dignity for a moment , and is in such a humour that his condescension can not be criticised , his severity can not be called bloodthirsty .
2 He sets aside the question whether there is any important difference of principle between the case of a mother who suffers emotional injury watching her child hit by a car and a mother who suffers the same sort of injury seeing her child bloody in a hospital .
3 He set aside every Monday and Tuesday for personal ministry of the Scriptures to whole families , listening to them , pastoring them , and teaching them .
4 He was free to lay down what proportion of their produce was to be made over to him , and how many days in the week they were to work the fields he set aside for his own use .
5 He set aside an area of one hundred and nine acres to the east of the original Saxon village ( called Old Town to this day ) and on it laid out a regular plan of streets — three running parallel with the river and three others crossing them at right angles .
6 He set aside ACAS 's report , saying that the threats of industrial strife should have been ignored .
7 For the moment he set aside the obvious solution .
8 ‘ Just remember , ’ he shot a look in her direction as he set aside his half-empty cup and strode towards the door , ‘ that we 're supposed to be on parade , Dr Blake , not enjoying ourselves . ’
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