Example sentences of "[noun sg] had set [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first proof that the rot had set in at the Midland was the full disclosure of its profits and reserves in 1969 . |
| 2 | Rain had set in after the heatwave and there was an infestation of jelly fishes in the Moray Firth . |
| 3 | Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace . |
| 4 | Although Stockholm was the base for spies of every warring nation , the Scandinavian connection that Foley had talked about was run by Norway , whose government-in-exile had set up in the neutral city . |
| 5 | We were made welcome by the teachers , provided with a floor to sleep on , and within an hour had set off into the forest to look for wild cocoa . |