Example sentences of "set [prep] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took her arm and led her to the dining room , where the gleaming long rectangular table had been impeccably set for two . |
| 2 | When she emerged , the wall-lights had been dimmed and the polished table by the french windows had been set for two . |
| 3 | Through the window I could see the remains of a meal on a table set for two . |
| 4 | A table was set for two . |
| 5 | Contrary to her firm intention of not breakfasting with Ven , however , since he was standing by the table which was set for two when she again entered the sitting-room , she thought it would be infantile in the extreme to carry on with that intention . |
| 6 | A natural harbour , set between two rocky headlands , forms a centre point from which narrow streets wind uphill . |
| 7 | Imagine a hidden picture postcard village set between two fantastic mountains ranges , and you have some idea of why Leogang is one of Austria 's best kept secrets . |
| 8 | The Forest of Dean , set between two rivers , the Wye and the Severn , is one of Britain 's few remaining ancient forests . |
| 9 | Her first glimpse of it was through elaborate iron gates set between two large stone pillars surmounted by rampant lions . |
| 10 | Two distinguished living composers — one Irish , one Welsh — are set between two great masters of the past . |
| 11 | Silently , Nell regarded the white , steel tube with a sphere at one end and set with two ‘ V ’ observation ports surrounded by remote control grab arms , and saw only an insect-like thing , a huge preying mantis . |
| 12 | Rayner Heppenstall , in The Connecting Door ( 1962 ) , establishes two different eras in which his characters exist simultaneously , and , in a later novel , Two Moons ( 1977 ) , concurrently sustains stories set in two different months , one appearing on all the left-hand pages of the novel , the other on the right . |
| 13 | In Gulliver 's Travels ( Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World ) , 2 vols. , 1726–27 , the true first edition has a frontispiece oval portrait with an inscription set in two lines beneath the oval , not round it . |
| 14 | There are four burners on the hotplate , set in two deep , easy to clean spillage wells . |
| 15 | Surrounded by the soft , rolling hills of Armadale , Moffat House is set in two acres of mature garden and has magnificent views of the Annan valley . |
| 16 | Located on the grand Keizers canal , this delightful hotel is set in two beautifully restored merchant houses dating back to 1630 . |
| 17 | The same question was usually set in two versions , one multiple choice and one where the pupil had to supply an answer . |
| 18 | The most important vowel is set to two or more tied notes in a phrase designed to increase the lyrical expression ( see Example 47 , above ) . |
| 19 | Not the best reason for flying home , but oh God , she was sick of the subzero temperatures , the fact that the sun rose at ten in the morning and set at two in the afternoon . |
| 20 | Simple codes embedded into the text files define the format that the article will adopt when printed ; for example , a bold heading set across two columns , with the text in single columns below . |
| 21 | It is set by two main things : the economic circumstances of the day , and the way in which firms are owned . |
| 22 | Salaries in the U.K. 's public museums and galleries are set by two bodies . |
| 23 | Selection for technical education continued to take place , generally at thirteen , but it tended to reflect existing patterns set by two years of secondary schooling so that grammar school successes were unlikely to change in mid-stream . |
| 24 | For a nice tight rib I use the 2x1 setting with two strands of 2/30s yarn and then knit straight into lace pattern . |