Example sentences of "and set the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert averaged 104.87 for the four laps and set the fastest lap of the race at 105.86mph . |
| 2 | A little breeze came in through the open window and set the hanging light swinging , so that her face was now shadowed , now glistening pale in the electric glare . |
| 3 | Waiting for the King to speak , he could hear the gust claw through the heather behind him and set the flowering whin , silk and tinsel , rubbing together , bough against bough . |
| 4 | They had a pyrotechnic display in the back lounge and set the whole inside of the coach alight . |
| 5 | Fei Yen had dressed quite simply , in a peach ch'i p'ao , over which she wore a long embroidered cloak of white silk , decorated with stylised bamboo leaves of blue and green and edged in a soft pink brocade that matched the tiny pink ribbons in her hair and set the whole thing off quite perfectly . |
| 6 | He finished off his drink and set the empty glass down on the table with exaggerated care . |
| 7 | Unperturbed , Albert Booth ( Labour 's transport spokesman ) raised steam and set the parliamentary engine moving in the great Westminster marshalling yard . |
| 8 | The latter and associated rubber air pipes caught alight and set the main avionics loom on fire . |
| 9 | Restring the guitar and set the desired action height , checking the intonation and string alignment ; a certain amount of alignment correction is allowed by moving the neck laterally ( slacken the four neck bolts slightly , move neck , retighten bolts ) . |
| 10 | Having set the backlight , bring in the key light , so called because it provides the photographic modelling and sets the general level of exposure . |
| 11 | A pseudo-variable which reads and sets the elapsed time clock . |
| 12 | And setting the right angle comes in rehearsal ? |
| 13 | At the same time as negotiating this amalgamation and setting the new machinery in place , the NCDAD and the CNAA were dealing with what Strand calls the ‘ large and prickly subject ’ of the validation of the major art colleges in Scotland . |