Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They set me up as a target . |
| 2 | you know had some of that and erm my fried breakfast and my toast and my cup of coffee and I thoroughly enjoyed that , set me up for the day that did . |
| 3 | The SEATO and CENTO pacts brought certain Asian states into pro-Western blocs and set them apart from a larger neutralist group . |
| 4 | An Ornaments Rubric included in the 1559 Prayer Book ordered the use of vestments and the alb and cope during the communion service ; and the 1559 injunctions required the clergy to wear the surplice during services , as well as their distinctive outdoor dress which set them apart from the laity . |
| 5 | She would drive to the nursery in the spring and pick up boxes of spring flowers , pansies , violets , crocuses , iris , lilies of the valley , daffodils , and jonquil , and set them lovingly in the damp sweet-sour earth . |
| 6 | In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table . |
| 7 | Picking up the drinks , she crossed the room and set them down on the trestle , careful to keep her face turned away from the window . |
| 8 | She waited until the first few bars of the signature tune started to play , then unclipped her headphones and set them down on the desk with a sharp clatter before starting to gather up the stack of notes . |
| 9 | Set them out with a trowel in well watered ground . |
| 10 | She allowed Margaret Seymour-Strachey to bring in the tea things and set them out on the bedside table without speaking further . |
| 11 | Then take back the cards and set them out in an apparently random fashion and challenge a person to play you at pairs . |
| 12 | He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ We set it up as a pilot programme to answer the call for more training in the field . |
| 15 | It is a mark of Hilton 's clarity of thought and practical spirituality that he should pick up the episcopal ideal of a composite life-style and set it up as the modus vivendi for a spiritually — minded temporal lord . |
| 16 | I then produce a 5 by 4 or a 10 by 8 colour transparency and set it up on a light table . |
| 17 | One brave man grabbed a Lewis gun and , to save time , set it up on a rubbish bin rather than the tripod and fired away . |
| 18 | He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach . |
| 19 | ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’ |
| 20 | Set it up against the window , he wrote . |
| 21 | You do it down there , you set it up in the middle and you set it up really nice and cosy . |
| 22 | I set it carefully on the edition of Sophocles by her bed , intending to retrieve it later . |
| 23 | The Collector watched with admiration as Lucy 's deft fingers dipped a cartridge up to the shoulder in the grease and then set it neatly in a row with the others she had made . |
| 24 | Then he lifted his other foot from the ground and set it firmly on the rough stone surface too . |
| 25 | Jackson made his final attempt with the tea , then set it down with a grimace of distaste . |
| 26 | Toby had reappeared with the tray , and set it down on a small marble table , before Jackson was aware of his presence . |
| 27 | Lesley brought in a laden tray , set it down on a side-table , and distributed cups in silence . |
| 28 | Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor . |
| 29 | I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window . |
| 30 | They set it down on the floor in the middle of the room , as the T'ang had instructed them earlier , then backed away , heads lowered . |