Example sentences of "it was set [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was set beside an ornamental lake which was decorated by tumbling rocks , an island grotto and a waterfall , all lit by gas lamps . |
| 2 | It was set with a full English breakfast — well , she had told Michele she was always hungry — and while she poured herself some coffee and began on the bacon and eggs she recalled their first meeting . |
| 3 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
| 4 | It was set in a trim garden girdled by white painted paling ; if not God 's cottage , certainly not his manor . |
| 5 | Huckleberry Finn has been proscribed by some American libraries because of its repeated use of the word nigger , even though it was written more than 100 years ago , it was set in the Deep South , and a central purpose of the novel was to challenge prejudices about the black man . |
| 6 | It was set around a complete quadrangle , and built of rusticated stone . |