Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] set [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her grey eyes were set in a brown skin smooth like the shell of a hen 's egg . |
| 2 | The long , carved lips were set in a tight line and the straight black brows were screwed up in a frown . |
| 3 | Some books were set by a single compositor , but |
| 4 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 5 | Most of the graphs were set on a steep , ascending curve , apart from the Husayn twins ' ; they started in the top left hand corner and were headed , inexorably , for the far right end of the bottom line . |