Example sentences of "set you [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What about asking Albert 's to set you up with a really quiet-looking business outfit for New York ?
2 ‘ He 's more likely to set you up as a courier on an over-sixties package holiday to Majorca . ’
3 Something hot to set you up for the journey . ’
4 ‘ If only I had the means to set you up in a house where I could visit you . ’
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 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 .
7 Yes , have a little nap ; it 'll set you up for a day 's work tomorrow .
8 If you have got any sense , a lump sum of 400k can easily set you up for life .
9 If you 're worried about Chester 's , and you really think you could do something to help , a relaxing holiday should set you up for the fight ! ’
10 I will set you down at the West Gate . ’
11 ‘ She 's twelve years old , nice old girl , good mouth and nice manners which puts her ahead of some women — and she wo n't set you down in the dirt .
12 There we are curly , and that 'll set you out of mischief
13 It will set you back between £40 to £80 for treatment which will last up to an hour .
14 A pint of lager in the North will set you back between £1.14 and £1.50 , in Yorkshire between £1.20 and £1.55 , and in London between £1.33 and £1.82 .
15 Afterall a good horse will cost you a fortune to buy … and then having it trained and ridden by the best will set you back at least a thousand pounds a month …
16 → Do you realise , Steve , that a professional standard , concert classical guitar could set you back in the region of £7,000 , and that orchestral instruments regularly change hands for much more ?
17 He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use .
18 In the meantime , I 'll talk to ‘ C ’ and set you up from my end .
19 Our holidays depart from six regional airports — Heathrow , Gatwick , Birmingham , Glasgow , Manchester and Bristol and set you down in one of 16 Italian airports .
20 Since this issue of the NI is devoted to language we thought we might join them for once , but give our own particular slant and maybe set you off in a different direction .
21 Surely the place would have the mental institution would have set you up with a home or something when you left ?
22 And obviously longer term if you can get er a victory tonight then obviously it sets you up with a reasonably good chance of of going through from this group because two home wins , a couple of away games to go , and i it would set you up nicely .
23 A couple of nights in a comfortable hotel , with the best of French cuisine , sets you up for months .
24 She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ .
25 She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ .
26 The opponent may be setting you up by turning his leading foot inwards .
27 You remember how Rosamund Coldharbour set you up for him in the matter of typing that sermon ? ’
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