Example sentences of "have set [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Once reality has set in the rewards are known .
2 It is my belief that even without this tragic news , Lord Darlington would have set upon the course he took ; his desire to see an end to injustice and suffering was too deeply ingrained in his nature for him to have done otherwise .
3 Remember : the Government had set for the growth of earnings a guideline of five per cent ; and looked towards a long-term approach in which collective bargaining would be based each year on a broad agreement between Government , union and employers about the maximum level of earnings which would be compatible with keeping inflation under control in the following twelve months .
4 Her eye backtracked the almost circular route Lori had set through the Caribbean , the southern USA and Mexico .
5 They had set upon the turnkey , knocking him unconscious , and then gathering his keys , made for the gate .
6 When they got there a group of men were already pulling the monster off the sharpened stakes they had set in the bottom of a pit .
7 Urgency went from his wing-beats , the course he had set from the Park so many weeks before now weakened and drifted .
8 So we thank you for food , for clothing , for our homes , and for the government that you have set over the world .
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