Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv prt] [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 In the living room she picked up a couple of wine glasses from the floor and set them down on a coffee table .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Set them out with a trowel in well watered ground .
7 She allowed Margaret Seymour-Strachey to bring in the tea things and set them out on the bedside table without speaking further .
8 Then take back the cards and set them out in an apparently random fashion and challenge a person to play you at pairs .
9 He 'd kill Barak and set you up as the fall guy — I believe that 's the term you Americans use .
10 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 .
11 ‘ We set it up as a pilot programme to answer the call for more training in the field .
12 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 .
13 I then produce a 5 by 4 or a 10 by 8 colour transparency and set it up on a light table .
14 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 .
15 He made a radio receiver when we were children and set it up on the main bridge over the Salzach .
16 ‘ You took the Wheel to the site and set it up on the ramp ; was it left unattended at any time ? ’
17 Set it up against the window , he wrote .
18 You do it down there , you set it up in the middle and you set it up really nice and cosy .
19 Jackson made his final attempt with the tea , then set it down with a grimace of distaste .
20 Toby had reappeared with the tray , and set it down on a small marble table , before Jackson was aware of his presence .
21 Lesley brought in a laden tray , set it down on a side-table , and distributed cups in silence .
22 Quietly , humbly , Cameron took off his headset and set it down on the floor .
23 I carried a tray across and set it down on the table in the window .
24 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 .
25 He emptied his cup and set it down on the table .
26 Taking a cooking bowl from the side he part filled it from the water jar and set it down on the ring .
27 Curval took out the slide — it seemed not as carefully as before — and set it down on the table beside him .
28 He lifted the tray from her lap and set it down by the bed .
29 Set it down in the fire .
30 Depending on the obstructions you find , you could site the building exactly alongside the house , bring it forward of the building line ( if the planners will allow this — see later ) , or set it back into the garden .
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