Sentence examples for set him in from inspiring English sources

A vast, exhausting part, it won Heston the Oscar as best actor and set him in a class apart.

It was the arrest of a rock group, the Plastic People of the Universe, that had set him, in 1976, on the path of leadership among the dissidents.

Tolstoy's belief in the efficacy of the ordinary and the futility of system-building set him in opposition to the thinkers of his day.

From Romney we've been given only a fuzzy portrait of how his biography and ideology supposedly converge, of what set him in motion and what makes him tick.

Missing all of last year because of a knee injury suffered in the first week of training camp has set him in a new place.

"John's love of politics and knowledge of America and business will set him in good stead as editor of this great publication," she said.

The gruelling six-week regime Holland undertook for the film sets him in good stead for a superhero in waiting.

Such confidence in instrumentation makes Hooke seem a man for our times, though Jardine properly sets him in his own.

This kingdom within a kingdom sets him in opposition to the new farm owners, and a grim battle ensues.

It is this that sets him in stark contrast to Zuckerberg, two years his elder, who described anonymous internet posting as showing "a lack of integrity".

"I liked the idea of setting him in his garden rather than against architectural symbols of London, which he is associated with," said Tift.