Example sentences of "set [pron] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An X baseball cap will set you back a money-grabbing $19 , the shirt $19 and sweatshirt $30 . |
| 2 | An average baked potato will set you back a mere 180–200 calories and , with a sensible filling added , about 300 . |
| 3 | The new machine will set you back a cool £1,700 which does n't make it the cheapest machine in the world . |
| 4 | In this fascinating introductory Sideshow , she offers a number of choice things that range from small , long drop , earrings in silver and in pine that is coloured either red or green and retail at £10 a pair , to much larger things such as the brass and oxidised copper weighing Scales with their central zigzag column motif that will set you back a mere £270 . |
| 5 | I set you up a mini-orgy , a nice little threesome , and the minute it rocks a bit , nothing a mite of persuasion would n't put right , you start giving an address on the Greek verb ‘ to rub ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ One was financial — loss of earnings , keeping a second home and campaigning expenses set us back a great deal over the 15 months . |
| 7 | It 's a tragedy which will probably set us back a generation . |
| 8 | This has set me back a few weeks , that 's all . |
| 9 | Must have set you back a bit . ’ |
| 10 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 11 | Again er even frosting blast when even other trees er specific trees are erm alright , it may have been caught in that draught and set it back a little , you never know . |