Example sentences of "and set it [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Just choose the correct printer , and set it as the default printer from the menu option and you , your Star printer , and Windows will all be best of friends .
2 She put his tea down on the table in the lounge , sought out the Scotch and set it beside the cup .
3 She watched him roll back his sleeves , then fill a bowl with water and set it beside the knives .
4 He filled the kettle and set it on the hob , then went through to the front room , closed the shutters , and tried radioing on the frequency Caspar had given him for the US Embassy in Belpan City .
5 Lavender filled it half-full of water and carried it , together with a glass , into the classroom and set it on the teacher 's table .
6 Though he 'd never used it , the Bowl was reputedly the most accurate prophetic tool known in the worlds , and now — sitting amid his treasures , with a sense growing in him that events on Earth in the last few days were leading to some matter of moment — he brought the Bowl down from its place on the highest shelf , unwrapped it , and set it on the table .
7 He filled the kettle carefully and set it on the gas stove but in spite of his care he slopped water .
8 She grasped each one by its golden nipple and set it on the scales .
9 Davide , called by his father to the piano , took up a sheet and set it on the mahogany lyre stand .
10 Curled up in a corner of the sofa , Alex took the Concorde ticket out of her bag once again , and set it on the cushions beside her .
11 With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board .
12 Turning away from him , she filled the kettle and set it on the stove .
13 He took her glass from her and set it on the top of the bookshelves , then he said softly , ‘ You look somehow — different . ’
14 Travis took the mug and set it on the table .
15 She filled the big , black kettle and set it over the burner .
16 Maufe imported Dutch brick under instruction from the Dutch Mr Detterding and set it round the flints , which were ‘ knapped ’ , that is , cut to make a smooth face rather than left whole .
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