Example sentences of "set [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I can not set them over others here . |
| 2 | So if the carriages are at the right , you must set them for an anti-clockwise circle , if they 're at the left , for a clockwise circle ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 3 | The natives are amenable for all their savage state , and impart their wisdom to us in exchange for fribbling items : a mere hairpin will set them to an ecstasy of delight , for they are like to children and have no metals . |
| 4 | A second interpretation of the developments of the 1980s would set them in a longer context , dating back to the late 1960s . |
| 5 | And of course , quotations of APR by individual traders would be very much more valuable if people could set them against a background of what is typical than if they stood alone , in isolation . |
| 6 | In December , after Eisenhower had belatedly denounced him for trying to " set himself above the laws of our land " , he was condemned by the Senate . |
| 7 | It would set you on your way . ’ |
| 8 | Neighbourhood Watch The first step has been taken to form a neighbourhood watch in Foulis Crescent and it is hoped that Woodhall Avenue and Drive will set one in motion in the near future . |
| 9 | Neighbourhood Watch The first step has been taken to form a neighbourhood watch in Foulis Crescent and it is hoped that Woodhall Avenue and Drive will set one in motion in the near future . |
| 10 | Yeah and I 'll set him on you if you start with me . |
| 11 | Maybe I 'd set him at ease by saying ‘ g'day ’ , but he looked like he 'd known me all his eight years , and leant quite steadily on me for the drive to Robert 's parents ' cottage , where we arranged photos . |
| 12 | As her first movie The Delinquents — aided by some pre-release hype over Australian clerics calling for sexy scenes between her and handsome co-star Charlie Shlatter to be cut — opened around the world at the end of 1989 , Kylie was planning a move that could set her on that same yellow brick road to showbusiness immortality . |
| 13 | She looked vaguely at it and then said , ‘ I thought you 'd set it for home . ’ |
| 14 | Well apparently Paul his his erm his mate up there he 's done works on the B T so he 'll set it for him . |
| 15 | So in 1972 a new secretary was appointed for the task , Anthony Gray , who worked away for some years and helped set it on its feet again . |
| 16 | He became chairman of the repertory club , and his business sense helped set it on its feet . |
| 17 | Mr Cruickshank has spent just over three years in charge of the Scottish health service and has helped set it on the Government 's controversial road to self-governing hospitals and fund-holding family doctor practices . |
| 18 | But what I 'd like to do is I 'm gon na set it on rollers I 'm gon na blow dry the top I 'm gon na |
| 19 | Another housemaster in describing what he would ideally like to do also set it in the context of his sense of powerlessness . |
| 20 | Yeah you ca n't set it by the book |
| 21 | ‘ I 'll set mine for five-to . |
| 22 | ‘ Alison , you must set your life in order , and that will set ours in order . |
| 23 | 'T IS pity , that this passion alone should set us to Rhyming . |
| 24 | She 'll set us on the right track . ’ |