Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [was/were] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fame of Aÿ was at its peak , and its wines were set apart from other growths ; as beautifully understated by Paulmier in his treatise De Vino et Pomaceo ( Paris , 1588 ) , Aÿ was ‘ the ordinary drink of kings and princes ’ . |
| 2 | What is likely is that the royal burgh and its muir were set up by David 's brother , Alexander I , in about 1120 , but what is certain is that when David founded Holyrood Abbey in 1128 , or soon after , his charter makes it clear that Edinburgh was by then a going concern . |
| 3 | This power , however , was to be used according to the rules of the American Constitution , not as a means to a dictatorship like that which Hitler was setting up at the very same time in Germany . |
| 4 | Some of his ideas were set out in his only book , the highly readable The Power behind the Microphone ( 1941 ) , which also charts , highly selectively , his own experience . |
| 5 | Mr Harris , 51 , and his wife were setting out for church in Lisburn , Co Antrim . |
| 6 | His table was set out with batches of proof sheets clipped together , the ashtray was full of stubs , and there was a cup half full of coffee which looked as though it had gone cold hours before . |
| 7 | Our institutions were set up by middle-class people and the staff , even when their own origins are working-class , reflect those values . |