Example sentences of "[coord] set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on the obstructions you find , you could site the building exactly alongside the house , bring it forward of the building line ( if the planners will allow this — see later ) , or set it back into the garden . |
| 2 | Picking up the drinks , she crossed the room and set them down on the trestle , careful to keep her face turned away from the window . |
| 3 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 4 | She allowed Margaret Seymour-Strachey to bring in the tea things and set them out on the bedside table without speaking further . |
| 5 | It is a mark of Hilton 's clarity of thought and practical spirituality that he should pick up the episcopal ideal of a composite life-style and set it up as the modus vivendi for a spiritually — minded temporal lord . |
| 6 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 7 | ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’ |
| 8 | Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor . |
| 9 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 10 | He emptied his cup and set it down on the table . |
| 11 | Taking a cooking bowl from the side he part filled it from the water jar and set it down on the ring . |
| 12 | Curval took out the slide — it seemed not as carefully as before — and set it down on the table beside him . |
| 13 | He lifted the tray from her lap and set it down by the bed . |
| 14 | He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use . |