Example sentences of "set them [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Junker resistance to the abolition of serfdom , their mistrust of the new powers of industry and their blank incomprehension when faced with the idea that their estates could be run more profitably on other than feudal lines set them on a course that was to have a profound impact on German history . |
| 2 | When the cream has gone fill them with daffodils , set them on a table centre of tawny orange silk with a bordering of asparagus fern . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table . |
| 6 | " Put two quarts of gooseberries into about a quart of water , and set them on the fire . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Fru Blicher had organised eighty chairs from a nearby school and set them in a semi-circle round the platform . |
| 9 | He baited his baskets and set them in the water , he was so cunning ! |
| 10 | Set them in the wall . |