Example sentences of "[noun sg] set into " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other sentry 's trouser-leg darkened as he shakily but hurriedly turned the locking wheel set into the wall . |
| 2 | Where the new season 's races have taken place , all have been on strips of man-made snow set into dun-coloured grass . |
| 3 | His mouth set into a rather grim line . |
| 4 | For just an instant his mouth set into a bitter line . |
| 5 | Colour showed along his cheekbones , and his mouth set into a very taut line . |
| 6 | Eleanor 's lovely mouth set into a not particularly lovely line . |
| 7 | Jessamy stared at him for a moment , then her mouth set into a line that was almost as determined as his own . |
| 8 | He pulled up in front of the high iron grille gates barring the entrance to a drive , saw in his headlights a speakphone set into one of the brick pillars . |
| 9 | Partners can be accused of anything and the department sets into motion as if he or she is guilty . |
| 10 | When gloom descends , the candle 's flame sets into relief Neneh 's African features — her strong , expressive mouth and dark , oval eyes . |
| 11 | Well , almost all of them , she corrected herself , her blue eyes darkening and her mouth setting into an uncharacteristically harsh line . |
| 12 | During the summer months I can usually get away with leaving my boat conveniently tied up to the pier , but only if I am at home to keep an eye on the weather : in Shetland , even in summer , a gale can blow up from the south east , causing a swell to set into the voe . |
| 13 | Attached to the bulkhead between the hold full of gas drums and the fuel pumps , there was a large brick of strange pliable material with a wired board and cube set into it . |
| 14 | From Robert 's description of the place I presume that it had once been an attic , for it was small , the ceiling sloped , and there was no window set into the wall . |
| 15 | ‘ From Robert 's description of the place , ’ he read , ‘ I presume that it had once been an attic , for it was small , the ceiling sloped , and there was no window set into the wall . ’ |
| 16 | The captain was becoming worried by the amount of ice setting into the bay and was anxious not to be trapped . |
| 17 | When he reached the top , he stopped on the landing for a moment to allow his eyes to adjust ; there was illumination of a kind , coming down from a grimy skylight set into the angled ceiling , and it showed nothing much more than three old-fashioned doors and a bare wooden floor . |
| 18 | Bardul has a small stove with a chimney set into one flue here , where he brews Lustrian coffee ( he has many sealed tins of this here ) and cooks whatever he can find to eat . |
| 19 | Accidentally he touches a staple set into the wall . |
| 20 | ( c ) A third approach is to divide the instruction set into a number of groups , and provide a different instruction format for each group . |
| 21 | Halfway up the wall there was a slightly darker square set into the blackness . |
| 22 | Before these shrines , and the floridly-decorated prayer mats and suchlike which lie before them , a Harpy 's cage is swinging from a metal chain and hook set into the ceiling . |
| 23 | There was also a small washbasin set into a vanity unit with a cupboard underneath for storing spare toilet rolls and various cleaning materials . |
| 24 | It was a long windowless studio with neon strip-lighting set into the ceiling . |
| 25 | Firmly , she pressed the bell set into the wall beside the heavy doors . |
| 26 | With trembling hands he thumped an alarm button set into the wall beside the door wheel , and turned and ran . |
| 27 | This is a simple , friendly pensione set into the hillside and run by the Cappiello family . |
| 28 | Bitterness set into their relationship after a mid-week international , when Morgan returned to Manchester from Hampden to find that the Daily Mail had run a sensational story about a behind-the-scenes bust up between Morgan and his boss . |
| 29 | Whether or not European TV viewers will , unlike the Japanese , actually welcome these relatively large and expensive high-definition television sets into their living rooms remains to be seen . |
| 30 | To their right it ended abruptly , only yards from where they stood , at an ornate cast-iron gate set into a wall . |