Example sentences of "[pers pn] to set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took on additional work in the Council , bullying them to set up a committee to draft out statutory requirements for caravan sites — which later became the basis for a Private Member 's Bill — and still had time to dig the vegetable garden and walk miles with the children , just for the pleasure of it . |
| 2 | This would enable them to set up a business on a more settled and permanent trading basis . |
| 3 | So I teach them to set up the carriages as if there were not a card in . |
| 4 | And it 's this that inspired the pair of them to set up the Thomas Appeal . |
| 5 | Ligachev argued that collective and state farms were still the backbone of the system and that most peasants did not want to leave them to set up on their own . |
| 6 | If they are n't part of your main holding company in London , maybe you could use them to set up some sort of diversion ? ’ she queried . |
| 7 | A tax regime starting in 1994-95 will encourage them to set up head offices in the UK . |
| 8 | What I have always said is that way you set up supervision behind the programme is the most crucial , so therefore if I can sit down and help them to set up the most strenuous type of supervision to go along with the equipment , then they feel safe and the community feel safer that none of them will go out and commit another crime . |
| 9 | There was no single incident that Loretta could pinpoint as the cause , merely a series of minor hold-ups ; and Bridget had mislaid her car keys , causing them to set off a few minutes after the time they had agreed . |
| 10 | The tops of the tall trees in the garden of Buckingham Palace thrashed as the heavy Wessex helicopter passed over them to set down . |
| 11 | I accept that there has been a steady concentration of power in the hands of large , sophisticated and diversified publishing companies , yet it is still possible for you or me to set up on our own , and publish highly professional and innovative books from our own back bedroom at very little cost . |
| 12 | The organization which you asked me to set up now exists , at least in embryo . |
| 13 | They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’ |
| 14 | It is these experiences which have prompted me to set down in this book some of the lessons I have learnt over the years . |
| 15 | But this morning , I must say , I found it quite offensive and it may well have been the urge to demonstrate just how foolish his insinuation had been that caused me to set off up the footpath . |
| 16 | This allows you to set up a different sound by altering the mid emphasis , coupled with selectable additional boost which can then be triggered by either the front panel ‘ enable ’ switch or via a footswitch . |
| 17 | Virtually all today 's desktop publishing programs allow you to set up style sheets so that the characteristics of the typography and , in Ventura 's case , the layout as well can all be pre-defined . |
| 18 | The technique that we have introduced for light aircraft groups will enable you to set up a reasonably accurate performance on most types in those groups , requiring the minimum of adjustment on individual aircraft . |
| 19 | This is the last place on earth I 'd expect you to set up home . ’ |
| 20 | As part of this , there is a set of enhanced commands which allow you to set up quite complex command lines for launching both DOS and Windows application within Windows . |
| 21 | This option enables you to set up a Charge Code for use with LIFESPAN . |
| 22 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 23 | The fact that Ian and I arrived first gives us priority , and it was extremely foolish of you to set up in opposition . |
| 24 | Oh no wonder he wanted you to set off early . |
| 25 | No wonder he wanted you to set off early , he did n't know where he was going . |
| 26 | There were two daughters of the marriage , Sophie , born in 1830 , who became the wife of Sir George Bailey , of Seal Close , in the Lincolnshire Wolds , and Christabel , born in 1825 , who lived with her parents until in 1853 a small independence , left her by a maiden aunt , Antoinette de Kercoz , enabled her to set up house in Richmond in Surrey , with a young woman friend whom she had met at a lecture of Ruskin 's . |
| 27 | In MAKING IT BETTER , the improbably , coolly glamorous Jane Asher plays Diana Harrington , half of a couple who work for the BBC and have sex problems : her husband of 20 years tells her he is leaving her to set up as an homosexual , an announcement which seems to disturb her less than a wheel clamp . |
| 28 | ‘ Tell her to set up Room 403 , for full scrambler equipment , and external telephone and telex communication connected into the central processor for monitoring . |
| 29 | Then DeVore meant her to set up her own movement . |
| 30 | When Nathan ordered her to set up and engage the auto-helm she tried , desperately searching a mind that had gone totally blank for the sequence which would ensure that the boat remained on course . |