Example sentences of "set [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the top of the social scale the five largest houses in 1670 had five hearths apiece , which was hardly grandiose but was sufficient to set them apart from the rest . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’ |
| 4 | His petty-bourgeois family background , his status as an intellectual conversant with the rites of bourgeois education , values and culture , his sophisticated literary and critical talents as a writer , all conspired to set him apart from the communist party leadership and rank and file members alike . |
| 5 | It is not known who gave him the letter but it was to set him off on the road to fame and fortune . |
| 6 | The bureaucracy will be remunerated so as to set it apart from the rest of society and reinforce its internal hierarchy . |
| 7 | We agreed to set it up at the last meeting . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Got ta set them up in the machine room . |
| 10 | I will set them out in the order in which I propose to deal with them . |
| 11 | An Ornaments Rubric included in the 1559 Prayer Book ordered the use of vestments and the alb and cope during the communion service ; and the 1559 injunctions required the clergy to wear the surplice during services , as well as their distinctive outdoor dress which set them apart from the laity . |
| 12 | She would drive to the nursery in the spring and pick up boxes of spring flowers , pansies , violets , crocuses , iris , lilies of the valley , daffodils , and jonquil , and set them lovingly in the damp sweet-sour earth . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She allowed Margaret Seymour-Strachey to bring in the tea things and set them out on the bedside table without speaking further . |
| 16 | If you 're worried about Chester 's , and you really think you could do something to help , a relaxing holiday should set you up for the fight ! ’ |
| 17 | I will set you down at the West Gate . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ She 's twelve years old , nice old girl , good mouth and nice manners which puts her ahead of some women — and she wo n't set you down in the dirt . |
| 19 | → Do you realise , Steve , that a professional standard , concert classical guitar could set you back in the region of £7,000 , and that orchestral instruments regularly change hands for much more ? |
| 20 | He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use . |
| 21 | That was how we 'd set it up from the beginning . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 24 | ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’ |
| 25 | Set it up against the window , he wrote . |
| 26 | You do it down there , you set it up in the middle and you set it up really nice and cosy . |
| 27 | I set it carefully on the edition of Sophocles by her bed , intending to retrieve it later . |
| 28 | Then he lifted his other foot from the ground and set it firmly on the rough stone surface too . |
| 29 | Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor . |
| 30 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |