Example sentences of "[coord] set [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Cos I nearly thought to myself shall I have a wash and set for Christmas .
2 With goals that are complex , conflicting , vague and set at least partially by external agencies , the planning process is much more of a political act than in private corporations ( e.g. Grieve Smith 1981 ; Smith Ring and Perry 1985 ) .
3 Thank you Stephen from Leicestershire , he says that he has seen people tied to posts and set on fire .
4 They moved to Sherburn-in-Elmet and set to their new task .
5 And er I got involved on national registration and er , on one occasion , we were working , we 'd got a deadline and we were working through the weekend , and my wife came to pick me up at what she thought was a reasonable time , at one o'clock on Saturday , found she was given a cup of tea and set to work , and we finished , going home about midnight . .
6 So , Emily , I shirk my task and set as foreword to your autobiography these lines :
7 I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them .
8 What we hope to be able to do is to complete the requirement the staff target this year and set in train some industrial studies to see what the various options are and then once we enter the production investment phase then that would be the time that we would er look to doing the development work .
9 The house is like a fortress behind eight foot walls and set in four acre grounds .
10 Quite often the moon as the earth moves as the earth rotates the moon appears to rise and set in the sky .
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