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Example sentences of "set [pron] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	We talked a lot during those months on the same bench together , and it was his influence which set me on the trade union path .
2	With five regulars missing they rarely tested former colleague Woods in the Wednesday goal and it was Sheridan , another of Hillsborough 's former Forest contingent , who set them on the way to victory .
3	As Maggie took the things from the tray and set them on the table she said , ‘ I know what you 're thinking : we 're slightly barmy . ’
4	She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table .
5	" Put two quarts of gooseberries into about a quart of water , and set them on the fire .
6	An interpretation I have often heard is that God 's ways are mysterious and wonderful , and it may well be that in the very last moments of the person 's life they had an encounter with God that set them on the path to eternal life .
7	We treat older people as a group and set them at the margins of society .
8	Only passing accounts of his life and work have appeared in the literature , and while brief references have been made to Nicholson 's excellence as a chemist , these have not done justice to his achievements , or set them against the London localities where they occurred .
9	He baited his baskets and set them in the water , he was so cunning !
10	Set them in the wall .
11	Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers .
12	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 .
13	She filled the big , black kettle and set it over the burner .
14	Kim took the book back , then set it beside the others on the shelf .
15	She put his tea down on the table in the lounge , sought out the Scotch and set it beside the cup .
16	She watched him roll back his sleeves , then fill a bowl with water and set it beside the knives .
17	You set it on the way back . ’
18	He filled the kettle carefully and set it on the gas stove but in spite of his care he slopped water .
19	She grunted assent , and he filled the coffee percolator , set it on the stove and then rooted around in the refrigerator for the ketchup , while he wondered how to approach the subject of his going to New York .
20	Turning away from him , she filled the kettle and set it on the stove .
21	Davide , called by his father to the piano , took up a sheet and set it on the mahogany lyre stand .
22	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 .
23	She grasped each one by its golden nipple and set it on the scales .
24	He took her glass from her and set it on the top of the bookshelves , then he said softly , ‘ You look somehow — different . ’
25	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 .
26	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 .
27	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 .
28	She drank from her cup , then set it on the table .
29	Travis took the mug and set it on the table .
30	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 .