Example sentences of "setting [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She picked it up and set it on her knee , then began taking out the yellow and black wooden pieces and setting them on the board . |
| 2 | Moreover , it will not be long before common-or-garden programs can vary the weight and shape of letters instantaneously , as well as setting them on the page . |
| 3 | In this time it became clear that the military and state security forces were not all solidly behind the coup , especially in the face of popular resistance , with Russian Federation ( RSFSR ) President Boris Yeltsin setting himself at the head of protesters apparently willing to fight for the new freedoms brought about by the reforms of perestroika . |
| 4 | In fact it was rather modernism , as its name implies ( from latin modo , just now , or hodie , today ) , that tried to awake from the nightmare of history , self-consciously setting itself against the past , and rejecting forms of historical understanding . |
| 5 | In the case of the elder James Stephen 's commitment to antislavery , it came after the experience of working in the West Indies as a lawyer , but more precisely , that experience helped direct into antislavery the expression of his gratitude ‘ for the infinite mercy of God ’ in extricating him from the depths of sin brought on by sexual passion and setting him on the path of prosperity and happiness . |
| 6 | Lewis leaned back in his chair as his mother came forward with the teapot , setting it on the china stand . |
| 7 | Setting it on the saloon table , and inhaling the delicious combination of smells , Polly went up the companionway ladder to call Nathan . |
| 8 | He pulled the drawer free and carried it outside for her , setting it on the desk . |
| 9 | And he rattled a cornflake packet before setting it on the table nearest the door . |
| 10 | We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic . |