Example sentences of "and set [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His purpose in writing was to recount the human stories of all his fellow parishioners and their ancestors and to set them against the physical environment and administrative framework of the place where they lived . |
| 2 | The aim here is to look at its political and social repercussions and to set it in the wider context of central-local administrative relations . |
| 3 | Franco pulled glasses two at a time from the sink and set them on the tiny draining board . |
| 4 | As Maggie took the things from the tray and set them on the table she said , ‘ I know what you 're thinking : we 're slightly barmy . ’ |
| 5 | " Put two quarts of gooseberries into about a quart of water , and set them on the fire . |
| 6 | She took the two gifts from her handbag and set them on the table . |
| 7 | We treat older people as a group and set them at the margins of society . |
| 8 | The realisation that we teach children more effectively if we understand them fully and set them against the social and cultural conditions in which they live and grow , places an expectation upon the teacher which can not be prescribed by contract . |
| 9 | Jenny came in with some flowers from the garden which she set in small posy bowls down the centre and James took the pink lustre candlesticks from the mantelpiece and set them among the flowers . |
| 10 | He baited his baskets and set them in the water , he was so cunning ! |
| 11 | Just choose the correct printer , and set it as the default printer from the menu option and you , your Star printer , and Windows will all be best of friends . |
| 12 | She put his tea down on the table in the lounge , sought out the Scotch and set it beside the cup . |
| 13 | She watched him roll back his sleeves , then fill a bowl with water and set it beside the knives . |
| 14 | He filled the kettle and set it on the hob , then went through to the front room , closed the shutters , and tried radioing on the frequency Caspar had given him for the US Embassy in Belpan City . |
| 15 | Lavender filled it half-full of water and carried it , together with a glass , into the classroom and set it on the teacher 's table . |
| 16 | Though he 'd never used it , the Bowl was reputedly the most accurate prophetic tool known in the worlds , and now — sitting amid his treasures , with a sense growing in him that events on Earth in the last few days were leading to some matter of moment — he brought the Bowl down from its place on the highest shelf , unwrapped it , and set it on the table . |
| 17 | He filled the kettle carefully and set it on the gas stove but in spite of his care he slopped water . |
| 18 | She grasped each one by its golden nipple and set it on the scales . |
| 19 | Davide , called by his father to the piano , took up a sheet and set it on the mahogany lyre stand . |
| 20 | Curled up in a corner of the sofa , Alex took the Concorde ticket out of her bag once again , and set it on the cushions beside her . |
| 21 | With the authority of a man used to calling hounds to heel he 'd taken the arm from the dog , wrapped it in a towel and set it on the draining board . |
| 22 | Turning away from him , she filled the kettle and set it on the stove . |
| 23 | He took her glass from her and set it on the top of the bookshelves , then he said softly , ‘ You look somehow — different . ’ |
| 24 | Travis took the mug and set it on the table . |
| 25 | She filled the big , black kettle and set it over the burner . |
| 26 | Maufe imported Dutch brick under instruction from the Dutch Mr Detterding and set it round the flints , which were ‘ knapped ’ , that is , cut to make a smooth face rather than left whole . |
| 27 | So it was that the eight of us ended up , kit gleaming in the spring sunshine , awaiting the arrival of the man who would diagnose our ills , administer a local anaesthetic and set us on the road to perfect health . |
| 28 | Some observers also calculate that , if one takes account of the profits forgone from these enterprises in future years and sets them against the revenues raised now , the government may have sold the assets at too low a price . |
| 29 | This production , which updates the play and sets it in the sixties , toured the Continent and gave our company the reputation it now enjoys there . |
| 30 | Drawing on the 100,000 letters and 21,000 drawings in the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation , Mr Wilk provides a detailed history of the construction and later fortunes of the office , and sets it within the context of Wright 's career . |