Example sentences of "his [noun] set [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is , perhaps , especially strong confirmation that the verb and adjective properties are immediately bound together in the fact that there is no coherent way to question either the adjective or the verb alone while leaving the other in place ; we can not , for example , have : ( 24 ) what should I do to the string longer ? ( 25 ) how did his sister set the owl ? |
| 2 | And sentences ( 26 ) , even if acceptable : ( 26 ) what did his sister set the owl ? how did Liz knock her fiancè ? would give us questions not corresponding to the types of statement in ( 1 ) or ( 14 ) . |
| 3 | However , if one tries to envelop the noun phrase and the adjective in a single question , then , on the one hand , the result will usually or always be grammatical , because the verbs occurring in this construction can of course stand as ordinary transitive verbs , but , on the other , the question form will naturally be taken as related to the ordinary transitive verb with a simple noun phrase object — with a corresponding alteration in the meaning expressed ; ( 23 ) is an attempt to put such a question : ( 23 ) his sister set the owl free what did his sister set ? to which suitable answers could include the mousetrap or the first four questions . |
| 4 | The touch of his fingers set every nerve-ending on fire . |
| 5 | Darlington RA 's professional Troy Dixon also made 105 not out and his side set a target of 216 for seven at Blackhall but the game was drawn . |
| 6 | In the short run , however , will the Secretary of State tell the House whether it is his intention to set a time limit beyond which talks will not be pursued by Her Majesty 's Government until after the next general election ? |
| 7 | But a judge in Eberswalde said it was not his job to set an example . |
| 8 | His anger set the tone for his aggressive campaigns against the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party ( PRI ) 's long history of corruption and election fraud . |
| 9 | Bradley who has travelled the world with his accordion sets the pace in more than 36 Irish tunes including Village Where I Went to School and The Galway Shawl . |
| 10 | Dick decided from the start that he wanted a ‘ museum quality aircraft ’ and his goal set the tone for the excellence that was to follow . |