Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I had to set it up this way .
2 WHEN my NHS three-tooth bridge had to be replaced , I found to my horror that what had cost £150 three years ago would now set me back some £650 if supplied privately .
3 Sure , you should buy the original albums , but for a substantial taster then this will set you back fewer readies than all ten Zeppelin LPs .
4 Sure , you should buy the original albums , but for a substantial taster then this will set you back fewer readies than all ten Zeppelin LPs .
5 Well for English literature they set you so many books to study , that was one of them .
6 Hennessy brought a chair of his own and set it down some distance away .
7 It is true to say that Tamburlaine sets himself very few limits , and this is shown when he makes his aspirations clear by telling his friends that he wants ‘ to become immortal like the Gods ’ .
8 Meanwhile the weather had not improved at all , setting me back several days .
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