Example sentences of "[pron] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone set off a rocket over the green , and red and blue sparks hung for a moment against the thunderclouds then vanished into thin air . |
| 2 | I set up a solicitor two months after I 'd finished the the assignment . |
| 3 | I set up the and I like how its done |
| 4 | These development strategies should seek to preserve an acceptable balance of the various priorities , now in my position statement I set out the role and general advantages of new settlements as part of a development strategy in satisfying housing and employment needs of an area . |
| 5 | I set out the views of the membership below . |
| 6 | was done in the time of which set up the Republic of Ireland , get the I R A to declare a truce and talk to them and I think |
| 7 | She set up a bedside vigil , had special drugs imported from Germany , played him his favourite music and discouraged everyone else from visiting , including his own children . |
| 8 | She set up a fundamental review of the way the NHS was financed and organised . |
| 9 | Therefore , in 1905 , she set up a British section of the International Association for Labour Legislation , and soon , with the help of volunteer translators , was bringing out an English edition of its French and German Bulletin . |
| 10 | In 1932 she set up a facility at the Settlement Hall in Newport Road , teaching children basic skills , walking , and speech therapy . |
| 11 | She set up the business with a £4,000 bank loan and shortage of capital persuaded her to expand through franchising . |
| 12 | She set up the shop in 1990 with the intention of selling yarn , patterns and accessories . |
| 13 | She set up the ladder beneath the hatch . |
| 14 | Jane took the initiative and with encouragement from other students and tutors on the scheme she set up the Achievement Group , a ‘ students supporting students ’ programme . |
| 15 | But it did n't stop him bumping into her every five minutes as she set up the slithering plastic tent , the heaters . |
| 16 | She set up the business with her husband Jeremy after receiving a £3,000 grant from the Princes Trust and help from Darlington Business Venture . |
| 17 | She set down the tray and scampered off . |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , as she set down the tray between them , ‘ do you always go into the office on Saturdays ? |
| 19 | Before she set off the following morning , she 'd visited the Maison du Vin , which was housed in a former medieval monastery . |
| 20 | But there was something of an occasion , even a ceremony , even a sacrament , in the way , on this evening , she set out the food and the vessels . |
| 21 | She set out the pieces one by one on the counter . |
| 22 | The Isis was not a line-of-battle ship , but like the Adamant she acted as one in the battle of Camperdown in October 1797 , when she set about the much heavier Gelijkheid ( 64 guns ) , one of the eleven Dutch ships that were taken . |
| 23 | A SNAKE handler who set up a group to dispel people 's fear of the reptiles was killed by a bite from his Egyptian cobra . |
| 24 | The restoration has been further financed by a subsidy of DFl.130,000 ( £40,625 ; $70,684 ) from the Ministry of Culture as well as by contributions from the owners of the villas who set up a foundation specifically for the purpose . |
| 25 | Among them was an American , John Longyear , who set up a mining operation on the shores of Isfjorden . |
| 26 | For a moment the noise was indescribable , much of it contributed by McAllister , who set up a keening cry , and , in endeavouring to make matters better by dabbing at the debris on Mrs Darrell 's lap with a damask napkin , made them worse . |
| 27 | When that right was withdrawn by Cromwell , who set up a licensing system for books and newspapers , the poet Milton uttered his immortal cry for press freedom , the " Areopagitica " : " Promiscuous reading is necessary to the constituting of human nature . |
| 28 | A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being . |
| 29 | Anarchy on a smaller scale is provided by photographer Kurt Buchwald who set up a ‘ Photography Forbidden ’ sign in front of innocuous subjects and then took photographs to see what happened . |
| 30 | That could well be the motto of Miss Pam Bosworth , who set up a hat hire business because her friends kept borrowing from her wardrobe . |