Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirty official buildings , 17 post offices and six buses were set ablaze in the period . |
| 2 | It was from this hippodrome that the four horses now on the façade of S. Mark 's Cathedral in Venice were originally taken ; they were set high above the track in Istanbul . |
| 3 | Staff at two industrial units on Teesside were evacuated when tyres were set alight at the rear of their premises . |
| 4 | During the festivities a hastily built bonfire was set alight in the middle of the market place , and an equally hastily assembled replica of the Japanese Emperor was burnt to a cinder on top of it . |
| 5 | Her only companion was the bright light that was set high in the wall and was shielded behind a thick glass cover with bars . |