Example sentences of "[vb pp] and set " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was better for capitalism that offenders should be incarcerated and set to productive work ( whose profits would , naturally , be pocketed by the capitalist class in the usual manner ) . |
| 2 | Unidentified groups of rioters attacked and set on fire the city police headquarters , where it was believed that some of those arrested earlier in University Square were being held . |
| 3 | His songs were mangled and set to German and English verse , for instance in Heinrich Albert 's Arien where the four-part version of ‘ Du plus doux de ses traits ’ appeared with continuo in 1643 as ‘ Unser Heil ist kommen ’ and in Edward Filmer 's French Court-Aires with their Ditties ( London , 1629 ) . |
| 4 | In the early hours of the following day , persons widely suspected to be Round Table supporters shot at and then ransacked and set on fire the offices on Rustaveli Prospekt used by the National Democratic Party and the National Independence Party ( both part of the so-called Congress Movement ) . |
| 5 | One of the spoke machines from the Road Vehicle Shop was adapted ; cutter block was quickly made and set up by the tool-room , but two dimensions could not be attained in this process . |
| 6 | Walter Skirlaw was born sometime during the middle of the 14th century , the son of a basket maker — his coat of arms had an interwoven pattern ( by 1656 the windows painted and set with his coat of arms were nearly gone ) . |
| 7 | It must be the big companies that have gone and set factories up must n't they ? |
| 8 | It was delicately , unselfconsciously removed and set in flight again . |
| 9 | A TEENAGE girl was fighting for her life last night after being kidnapped , tortured and set on fire . |
| 10 | If a person is convicted in such circumstances , his right to remain silent is abrogated and set at nought . |
| 11 | These become even stronger when combined and set against clothing from an opposing standpoint . |
| 12 | Usually because it has arisen and set during the daylight hours . |
| 13 | I shall give some space in this chapter to considering the single threads , the first strands , how they are chosen and set into place . |
| 14 | Once power is established and set on course , as it were , then obedience is largely a matter of habit . |