Example sentences of "set a [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | County councillors look set to take on the Government tomorrow , when they set a budget for the next year way above Whitehall limits . |
| 2 | SIX YEARS AGO , at a conference in Argentina the United Nations set a target for the 1980s : clean water and sanitation for all . |
| 3 | Catherine leaned over and hugged her friend , then set a chair by the bed . |
| 4 | So long as you set a limit to the essay you will have confidence and control . |
| 5 | Craig Simpson , 21 , set light to the front door of the house in Tower Green , Middlesbrough , and also set a fire in the dustbin at the back door of the house . |
| 6 | In East Berlin , the well-known opposition figure , Pastor Rainer Eppelmann , said the talks set an example for the whole country , and called for a two-week period of calm on the streets . |