Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From where I stood outside it I could see the Channel and the town of Boulogne set around the port . |
| 2 | She went across , ostensibly to study the Stanley Spencer set in the overmantel of the fireplace , and asked lightly : |
| 3 | Villa Greta set against the cliffs |
| 4 | Take a leisurely cruise around Southern Water 's beautiful reservoir at Lamberhurst near Tunbridge Wells , the largest area of inland water in south east England set in the most attractive countryside . |
| 5 | Michael Codron had been going there as part of the Kenneth Williams set since the time he worked for the Jack Hylton organization . |
| 6 | He orchestrated a number of other shows , including in 1976 Fire Angel , a version of Shakespeare 's Merchant of Venice set in the New York underworld . |
| 7 | John Dickson Carr , stalwart of the Golden Age of the detective story , set some dozen of his books in past times , with particularly to be recommended Devil in Velvet , set in the Regency period , and Bride of Newgate set in the seventeenth century . |
| 8 | It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course . |
| 9 | I once lost a whole Bronica set in the Maldives while in only two feet of sea — but that is another story . |
| 10 | Cetinale set in the countryside |
| 11 | ‘ One ’ was a word of the Chelsea set for the first person singular , and one might perhaps venture the thought of a pun in the words of the inscription . |
| 12 | When he presented a new Kwik-Cricket set to the Barbadian Secretary of State for Education , the minister promptly moved desks , bookshelves and even delayed leaving for a cabinet meeting so that he could play the game in his office . |
| 13 | Founder member of the National Aeronautical Collection , the Cody Biplane set against the excellent World War One era supporting display . |