Example sentences of "set in [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We did n't even realize that they organized their labour collectively , until Panic Buying ( a great '70s pastime , Panic Buying — of salt , sugar and so on ) set in at the beginning of November .
2 A profound depression set in at the same time , despite the fact that she knew her bowel symptoms could now be controlled quite easily .
3 Panic set in on the twelfth day when , after ‘ lifting ’ milk , a lorry picking up the churns stopped , the driver beckoning Harry .
4 Using an Ovation , hardly the most ‘ live ’ guitar in the business , I found that feedback on the undamped D string set in with the gain on 4 and the master volume on 5 , which surprised me .
5 Back in Endell Street queasiness set in with the raid 's aftermath yet it blended with a certain sense of excitement .
6 At the same time , a gradual decline set in with the advent of freight transportation on the roads .
7 The premature declarations of imminent victory and raising of empty hopes contained the germ of the inevitable decline in confidence which set in during the following weeks , as the news from the eastern Front told a different story .
8 But in 1919 disenchantment set in around the globe .
9 In the title role , Anne Dawson remained passive until error and madness set in near the end ; then she sang with increased energy , and spun her lines with great beauty .
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