Example sentences of "[was/were] set in [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All were set in a wide range of localities , were powerful and dramatic , but lack organization . |
| 2 | The long , carved lips were set in a tight line and the straight black brows were screwed up in a frown . |
| 3 | Her grey eyes were set in a brown skin smooth like the shell of a hen 's egg . |
| 4 | A wooden doll was made or found to contain her bones ; and round it gold plates and gold wire were set in the ninth century . |
| 5 | A pot of ch'ban , a beverage which Alexei thought was quite similar to earth stock coffee , bubbled quietly on a burner which was set in a shallow bowl of sand on the table at her side . |
| 6 | It was set in a triumphant smile , a smile that would have been smug if it had not been so full of the purest metaphysical good humour . |
| 7 | The brief dew on his lashes , that had caught the thin early rays of the risen sun , was dry enough now , his mouth was set in a rigid line . |
| 8 | The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face . |
| 9 | Her mouth was set in a stubborn line , and she was scowling . |
| 10 | He looked to be about ten , his hair was as red as Gwen 's , and his face was set in a horrible scowl . |
| 11 | Their piety was set in a classical mould , a matter of obligations duly performed . |
| 12 | It was set in a trim garden girdled by white painted paling ; if not God 's cottage , certainly not his manor . |
| 13 | His long face was set in a lugubrious expression , and he had a slight squint owing to the length of his nose , which , to Cleo 's eyes , was a veritable proboscis . |
| 14 | Written in verse , the play was set in the Middle Ages and told of a soldier back from seven years in the wars who wanted to die and a beautiful witch who wanted to live . |
| 15 | But the scene was set in the political climate of the Weimar Republic for political and functional devolution , a system of checks and balances between individual , sectional , and national interests . |
| 16 | The Eriksons ( 1852 ) , for instance , described Norwegian life in great detail ; ‘ Our Uncle 's Story ’ ( Our Uncle the Traveller 's Stories , 1859 ) was set in the Black Forest , two others in the Lincolnshire fens and in South Africa respectively . |
| 17 | Huckleberry Finn has been proscribed by some American libraries because of its repeated use of the word nigger , even though it was written more than 100 years ago , it was set in the Deep South , and a central purpose of the novel was to challenge prejudices about the black man . |
| 18 | The new tone was set in the early hours of Friday when a broken-hearted bearded man of radical inclinations tore down his Labour posters and replaced them with a single bleak statement which , curiously , he must have had printed before the election . |
| 19 | The amateur record of 68 was set in the Monthly Medal of May 1986 when Club member Michael Orris broke the Club and his own previous record of 69 set in October 1983 . |
| 20 | The 28-week limit was set in the 1967 Abortion Act , and since then many premature babies born before 28 weeks have survived . |
| 21 | The whole endeavour was set in an international context , the Commission being charged with acquainting itself with modern penal practice abroad . |
| 22 | Last night 's mystery was set in an open prison so relaxed that you wondered if the female governor went round tucking up the inmates at night . |
| 23 | By then , the game was set in an exciting crescendo , Palace interrupting the openings contrived down the right by Mike Newell and Pat Nevin with breaks aimed at Wright 's speed and control . |
| 24 | ‘ Catherine ’ was set in an architectural representation of the Hermitage , complete with imitation window and door frames , cornices and mouldings , matching paint colours , and a twenty foot long photo-mural of the exterior of the Hermitage that greeted visitors at the entrance . |
| 25 | The sun was setting in a red blaze as we drove into the centre of Mexico City , the long geometrically laid-out streets already darkening into canyons filled with the lights of cars . |