Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] set the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Where management has set the framework for efficient cleaning and supervision is adequate faults will rarely arise .
2 More 's eloquence has set the tone for much historical writing on the subject , but while one should not deny that enclosures created a good deal of suffering , one should also remember that More was exaggerating his points for the sake of effect .
3 Moon had set the target early in the day .
4 The offer of a free suit to Pevrolensky clinched the deal , and a shared vodka had set the seal on their minor piece of blat .
5 Nails , unlike Jazz and Hoomey , looked just as weedy as when they had started their training — so much so , in fact , that his puny appearance along with his new , apparent docility had set the school 's pastoral care department into action .
6 at this point here and going right down to the final A of ANNA and the way you can , you can , cos you 're gon na step in mid way now and you assume that the appropriate sociability has set the rapport has been built and you start the role play by saying thanks very much for that , I now wan na talk about whatever your product is , yeah , and then step into role play that way ?
7 My 100 metres win had set the team off to a great Championships .
8 Or , if an old inhabitant , and you had to consider this , although he hated to think of Mouncy Street and Decimus Street and Paradise Street in this connection , then some twist , some accident , some encounter had set the killer off .
9 he had studied hysteria , and his views on sexuality have set the agenda for much of our century .
10 Peter Moores impresses more with bat and gloves every time I clap eyes on him ; Martin Speight is beginning to weld patience and big numbers to his undoubted ability and bottomless well of self-belief ; and if a fractured ankle has set the seal on Adrian Jones 's dispiriting season there has been consolation in the imposing shape of Ed Giddins .
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