Example sentences of "[prep] setting [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he rattled a cornflake packet before setting it on the table nearest the door . |
| 2 | When the propeller is on you open and close your throttle to check it works before setting it to the correct position . |
| 3 | We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic . |
| 4 | The gardener , an honest youth of little imagination who was by now enchanted by the whole affair , remembered that the taste of strawberries was improved by setting them on a cabbage leaf , and strode down to the brassica beds to cut a broad green plate for the feast . |
| 5 | Notes towards the Definition of Culture supplements Arnold 's definition not by abandoning it , but by setting it beside a wider , basically anthropological definition of culture . |