Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This bloke they are trying to set me up with . |
| 2 | ‘ He wanted to set me up in a flat he said he owned . |
| 3 | So the ship was to go briefly near ground-level to set me down by tractor-beam . |
| 4 | Where several holes were to be tired it was possible to set them off in a desired order by lighting in appropriate sequence . |
| 5 | Since no detailed register of these existed at the point of emancipation , one of the main purposes of the post-1861 charters was to set them down on paper . |
| 6 | Pray that they may be people who rely on God 's healing and allow him to set them back on the track of feeding the lambs . |
| 7 | Yet to set ourselves up in such a manner contradicts our cherished notion of being part of the community . ’ |
| 8 | It 's not that he wishes to set himself up as a leader . |
| 9 | A self-confessed con-artist and charlatan , he used his ‘ nimbleness of wit ’ to set himself up as a quack doctor and an exorcist . |
| 10 | Where did he get the money to set himself up with a yacht in Burnham-on-bloody-Crouch if it was n't a pay-off from Maurice Abberley for services rendered ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He won enough to set himself up in his own business , so if you see a ‘ Terimon Cafe ’ on the outskirts of London you 'll know how it got the name . ’ |
| 12 | The manager had been trying to set himself up in the Business when he knew full well that Clive had the franchise . |
| 13 | Chramn used his position in Aquitaine to set himself up in opposition to his father , Chlothar I , who sent his half-brothers to destroy him . |
| 14 | There was little enthusiasm , then , as the paper moved towards the alien financial world of the City to set itself up as a public limited company . |
| 15 | To satisfy that humble demand the GMC , pace its president , would not have to set itself up as ‘ an investigation bureau to assess the scientific validity of new treatments before allowing doctors to use them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ What about asking Albert 's to set you up with a really quiet-looking business outfit for New York ? |
| 17 | ‘ He 's more likely to set you up as a courier on an over-sixties package holiday to Majorca . ’ |
| 18 | Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If only I had the means to set you up in a house where I could visit you . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ When my name is cleared , ’ he said thoughtfully , ‘ I 'd like to set you up in better premises , supply you with as much leather as you need and get you an apprentice or two . ’ |
| 21 | If you are totally fed up , one extra bar of chocolate or cake or any one single luxury item is not going to set you back to square one . |
| 22 | Although he was pleased that they had managed to set everything up on time , he continued to mutter about the remaining android being alive , threatening them from somewhere on the planet . |
| 23 | Lancashire they used to call it and , we used to , they used to set one on at first and then , as he knocked , if he could knock one off his feet onto his two feet , then he had to help him to knock the others over as they come in close and er , I know they do n't sound nothing like , you know , now but er , in them days we use to think it was great . |
| 24 | Pat Palmer would like to establish an emergency telephone chain in each Area and it is hoped that every Area Organiser will be able to set one up by the Autumn using the same overlap list as for collecting class statistics . |
| 25 | Organisers say they hope to set one up in Darlington as it has the county 's highest proportion of ethnic minorities . |
| 26 | Riding on a high she had decided to set herself up as an independent designer . |
| 27 | She said she did n't mind Elizabeth being Queen at all , and had no doubt she was a very good one too , but that it was evil and presumptuous of her — the illegitimate daughter of an excommunicated heretic and a beheaded adulteress — to set herself up as defender of the Faith . |
| 28 | The alternative was to use her capital to set herself up in business . |
| 29 | When an attempt is made to set him up as a Saint , it is scarcely possible for any man of good sense who knows the history of his times to preserve his gravity . |
| 30 | His family could n't afford to set him up as an independent farmer . |