Example sentences of "i set [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I set up the bottle on the bedside table and a fresh pack of cigarettes .
2 Back at the tent it is getting late , so I set up the Trangia and cook myself a meal .
3 To allow time to sort myself out we decided to sack this fish in the deep margin under some cover while I set up the camera equipment and finished a somewhat cold coffee .
4 Two years since I set up the glass and started to make marks on it .
5 I set down the watering can and start for the vegetable plot .
6 On the way back , I set down the grassbox , unplug the sprinkler and coil the hosepipe ( which Pa , being always so busy , has obviously forgotten ) in even circles around my hand and elbow , then go to the shed and lay it carefully over the two dowelling pegs .
7 I set out the Government 's objectives in a speech in this House before I went to Maastricht .
8 I set out the sunset quickly starting with the yellow around the sun and growing darker and more towards blue as I moved out from the centre , using a mixture of water and ox gall to make the paint stay wet .
9 I set about the lump with the Woodcarver and soon discovered what it could and could not do .
10 Now then , how do I set up the board ?
11 I set out the views of the membership below .
12 These development strategies should seek to preserve an acceptable balance of the various priorities , now in my position statement I set out the role and general advantages of new settlements as part of a development strategy in satisfying housing and employment needs of an area .
13 Please could you give me some information to help me set up the tank for coldwater fish , such as filtration , lighting , decor and stocking ? , .
14 When I arrive on Saturday morning , the people are all there , waiting to help me set up the table , making up kits , giving out leaflets . ’
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