Example sentences of "set [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In th , and this is not a school who 's decided to set it face against the county council , and it 's services . |
| 2 | That was what set me thinking in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | Billeting allocation was frequently chaotic : host families could be hostile ; children might be selected according to their good looks and manners ; in rural areas , farmers often gleefully snapped up the strongest boys and set them to work on the land . |
| 4 | Or , if you insist on hanging around the office , they will set you to work on the accounts of charities . |
| 5 | Well it was just the They had the tables set you see in the hall . |
| 6 | After that , watched by her amused employer she emptied the pot of cold tea , scrupulously dried it , and set it to warm on the hotplates beside the fire , then placed a tea-caddy , ornamented with the features of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra , a souvenir of their coronation , on the table , ready to spoon the required amount into the pot . |
| 7 | All of these comments and caveats will have set you pondering on the myriad uses to which you can put the data base , the diary , the notepad and the calculator . |
| 8 | That is the dynamic , historical revelation of the Father 's love , which draws us into the community of faith and sets us to work in the service of the kingdom . |
| 9 | This set me thinking on the themes that are expressed in this book . |
| 10 | His creator had fashioned him from clockwork and set him to go through the motions of living without giving him the actual breath of life . |