Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wanted to set me up in a flat he said he owned . |
| 2 | Where several holes were to be tired it was possible to set them off in a desired order by lighting in appropriate sequence . |
| 3 | Pray that they may be people who rely on God 's healing and allow him to set them back on the track of feeding the lambs . |
| 4 | It 's not that he wishes to set himself up as a leader . |
| 5 | A self-confessed con-artist and charlatan , he used his ‘ nimbleness of wit ’ to set himself up as a quack doctor and an exorcist . |
| 6 | Where did he get the money to set himself up with a yacht in Burnham-on-bloody-Crouch if it was n't a pay-off from Maurice Abberley for services rendered ? ’ |
| 7 | The manager had been trying to set himself up in the Business when he knew full well that Clive had the franchise . |
| 8 | There was little enthusiasm , then , as the paper moved towards the alien financial world of the City to set itself up as a public limited company . |
| 9 | ‘ What about asking Albert 's to set you up with a really quiet-looking business outfit for New York ? |
| 10 | ‘ He 's more likely to set you up as a courier on an over-sixties package holiday to Majorca . ’ |
| 11 | Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If only I had the means to set you up in a house where I could visit you . ’ |
| 13 | Pat Palmer would like to establish an emergency telephone chain in each Area and it is hoped that every Area Organiser will be able to set one up by the Autumn using the same overlap list as for collecting class statistics . |
| 14 | Riding on a high she had decided to set herself up as an independent designer . |
| 15 | When an attempt is made to set him up as a Saint , it is scarcely possible for any man of good sense who knows the history of his times to preserve his gravity . |
| 16 | His family could n't afford to set him up as an independent farmer . |
| 17 | Patrick was studying medicine , and it was her wish to set him up in a practice of his own one day . |
| 18 | It sets out , by example as well as by direct command , the differences between right and wrong , so that the man who measures his conduct by Bible standards gains from it both " reproof " when he is in the wrong and " correction " to set him back on a right course . |
| 19 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 20 | I have a 30 gallon corner tank , and would like to set it up for a Black Peacock , Pterois volitans . |
| 21 | It is easier to bring off if you have an assistant to hold the camcorder , otherwise , you have to set it up on a tripod or some other suitable support and switch it on with a remote control or time-delay . |
| 22 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 23 | Anna Wolska , heiress to the palace of Wilanow outside Warsaw , and the Potocki and Branicki collections in it , has offered to set it up as a public institution . |
| 24 | And accordingly they treat it , as if , in the present age , this were an agreed point , among all people of discernment ; and nothing remained , but to set it up as a principal subject of mirth and ridicule , as it were by way of reprisals , for its having so long interrupted the pleasures of the world . |
| 25 | The aim was to separate the individual membership section of the Party from the unions and to set it up in a relationship reminiscent of that with the ILP before 1932 . |
| 26 | It was heavy for him , he was glad to set it down for a while . |
| 27 | Er , but I mean , everything you do is , is designed to set yourself up in the best possible position for when the staff come in and , and throughout the shift leaving it as best you can for the branch manager the next day . |
| 28 | They set me up as a target . |
| 29 | you know had some of that and erm my fried breakfast and my toast and my cup of coffee and I thoroughly enjoyed that , set me up for the day that did . |
| 30 | Millions Of Honey opened Saturday night with a sparky set of robust , melodic guitar songs that have toughened and matured over the last year of line-up shuffles , and should justly set them up for a spot of national service . |