Example sentences of "set it [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I set it carefully on the edition of Sophocles by her bed , intending to retrieve it later .
2 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 .
3 Then he lifted his other foot from the ground and set it firmly on the rough stone surface too .
4 Cadfael removed a simmering pot from the grid on the side of his brazier , set it aside on the earth floor to cool , and added a couple of turfs to damp down the glow , before straightening his back with some caution , and sitting down beside his friend .
5 I could write at greater length about the many qualities which set it way above the average .
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