Example sentences of "and set [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | By making crowns of the most precious metal , gold ( and in the case of that made for Queen Alexandra platinum ) , and setting them with the most resplendent stones available , a combination of the most precious substances proclaimed the supremacy of the state and its titular head . |
| 34 | He is himself unreadable and hence ungovernable — a walking accusation levelled at the sympathetic educated sensibility which seeks simultaneously to understand him and set him on the straight and narrow . |
| 35 | Cornelius lifted him down and set him upon the copper map . |
| 36 | As the animal jumped into the flames , Buddha manifested himself , snatched the hare from the fire and set him in the Moon . |
| 37 | Giggling — even her mother ! — they undressed her to her shift and set her in the bed , uncomfortably decorated with fruit and sheaves of barley , to await her husband . |