Example sentences of "set [adv prt] with [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Val and I set off with intentions to watch the jumps , but the Skippers road to the bridge is specifically excluded from motor insurance policies and when we saw it , we understood why ; it 's a dirt track along a precipice . |
| 2 | A substantial portion of the surpluses generated out of slave labour and the trade in cotton , sugar and tobacco was channelled into banking operations and undoubtedly provided one important element in the emergence of Britain 's banking system , with most of the major banking corporations of today tracing some part of their profits to earlier banks set up with finds derived from the triangular trade ( Fryer , 1984 , pp. 40ff ) . |
| 3 | Collaborative links have been set up with colleges , social services , the health authority and a wide range of voluntary organisations . |
| 4 | The Kaleidoscope toy library has been set up with donations . |
| 5 | When we were set up with drinks , Pyke said , ‘ Tell me about yourself . ’ |
| 6 | It was set up with funds from leading venture capitalists Schroders , Apax and 3i . |
| 7 | A new fund would be set up with pensioners and staff making up half the trustees . |
| 8 | This affords fine views of the house and gardens , and is set out with tables and benches for picnicing . |
| 9 | The influence of Mexican architecture on figures such as Frank Lloyd Wright is set out with photographs and text and there is a section on archaeology in Mexico . |
| 10 | His table was set out with batches of proof sheets clipped together , the ashtray was full of stubs , and there was a cup half full of coffee which looked as though it had gone cold hours before . |
| 11 | Then there was an aide-de-camp , slightly bored , piloting a bemused , middle-aged group to a table which had already been set out with refreshments . |
| 12 | Great wealth can no longer disguise an absence of true values : the mirrors in Mr Dombey 's ice-palace reflect the chilling image of a marriage based on purchase ; the roses on his wallpaper and carpets are set about with thorns . |
| 13 | A steel frame , bolted together , which can be finished in a matter of months , before the Armenian winter sets in with temperatures of 40 degrees below freezing , it 's the brainchild of a school consultancy from Gloucester , but it 's taken agreement between Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher at today 's Downing Street talks to make it happen . |
| 14 | In one sense it is fragile , for it has the naivety of a child 's game of ‘ let's play house ’ , with a little patch of ground called ‘ home ’ , set out with sticks and stones . |