Example sentences of "set [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In other words , ’ said Julius in a tight voice , ‘ although this is my house , you do n't want me to set foot in that room . ’ |
| 2 | This is not so easy of course , because some schools take a negative view of pregnant schoolgirls and school-age mothers , and also girls themselves may be extremely loathe to set foot in any school again . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you hinting you have no wish to set eyes on this place again ? ’ |
| 4 | So , equipped with a newly-restored 1942 300 hp Stearman ( the Cannibal Queen of the title ) former A-6 Intruder pilot Coonts launches off with his teenage son aboard to set wheel in all 48 contiguous states , stopping en route to visit family , ex-wife , old squadron buddies , national monuments , places of pilgrimage ( like Kill Devil Hills , from which the Wrights first flew ) , aviation museums , and pausing awhile en route to give rides in the big yellow biplane to anyone who asks , and to philosophise on racial equality , politics , religion , women the FAA , Disneyworld … |
| 5 | He further argues that with multiple measures there is a danger of losing focus , and that it is difficult to set targets for some indicators because there are no historical data on them . |
| 6 | The examiner is quite entitled to set questions on any topic in the syllabus regardless of whether a lecture on it has been given or not and you should look out for the " old foxes " . |
| 7 | Every time a character is written/read PTR# is incremented by 1 , but it is possible to set PTR# to any number you like . |
| 8 | Lately however Alison , and sometimes Irina , had decided to walk in and join her , no doubt , as Franca felt , to cheer up the ‘ lonely old creature ’ ; and , in the case of Alison , perhaps to set scenes for some ‘ statement ’ which she felt that Franca might wish to , or indeed ought to , make . |
| 9 | It has been easier in the past to give in to the child 's demands , so learning to set limits across all aspects of the child 's behaviour can be critical for coping with the battles about food . |
| 10 | Senior officials have a duty to protect junior officials and to set standards for those lower down . |
| 11 | And to set criteria for this strategic site exception policy which we feel should be added to the plan , to set this criteria in such a way that it would so point to the local authorities in the making of their local plans but it was clear that the policy did not provide a speculative opportunity for everybody any landowner throughout the county . |
| 12 | The obvious interpretation was that Eric was going to set fire to some dogs , but I was too wise in the ways of the Factory to treat that as definite ; I suspected there was more |
| 13 | ‘ If she ever set foot in this house , I 'd walk out of it , ’ Mary continued . |
| 14 | The moment I set foot in this house , my world turned upside down . |
| 15 | Something inside Merrill protested at the lie , but she went on stonily , ‘ I think I had your measure before I ever set foot in these offices . |
| 16 | This allows you to Clear and Set fonts to any range . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , a lot of people who have dogs suitable for work with mentally ill people wo n't themselves set foot inside such hospitals . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll never set foot in this bloody flat again . ’ |
| 19 | Was it only Friday when she 'd first set eyes on those features that appealed to her so strongly ? |
| 20 | Youths fired an arrow through the window of one house and set light to another in an attempt to silence them . |
| 21 | The moment we set eyes on each other … six years ago . ’ |
| 22 | What I suppose I imagined was that it would all be plain sailing from the moment we set eyes on each other . ’ |
| 23 | It was near twenty years since he had been here , and he had never , to his knowledge , so much as set eyes on any member of the surviving household . |
| 24 | It was very common that the duty wag at the time would make a little paper boat , and probably get some fat or grease from some convenient part of the ship , He would then set light to this and let it sail down the waterway whilst there was a great row of people sitting attending to their needs of nature . |
| 25 | The bill would have limited textile imports to a 1 per cent annual increase , and set quotas for most shoe imports at 1989 levels . |
| 26 | National legislation defines the powers of local authorities , and may set limits to those powers . |
| 27 | However , you can set PTR# to any value you like . |
| 28 | Athelstan stared at the closed , set faces of both knights . |
| 29 | If I had my way I 'd set fire to those blasted overalls . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Rory , ’ Kenneth said , sitting forward and lowering his voice to conspiratorial levels , ‘ the last secret I remember you telling me was that it was you who set fire to that barn on the Urvill 's estate . ’ |