Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mills all set for ‘ return ’ to Glens |
| 2 | Julius 's mouth suddenly set into a hard line that she remembered very well , and her nerves gave an involuntary quiver . |
| 3 | She spun round to face him , her mouth already setting into an angry line . |
| 4 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |
| 5 | It was a handsome face , a model 's face , he thought , with its high cheekbones , long , slightly concave nose , wide , full lips and dark , angry eyes deeply set under the strong brows . |
| 6 | The second day continued where the first day left off : four catches by Hick to equal the record for a Test against Pakistan originally set by the little-remembered spinner Jim McConnon of Glamorgan in 1954 , and then my researches led me to the remarkable fact that John Birch , who played for Notts from 1973 to 1988 , was known as ‘ Bonk ’ . |
| 7 | Of the two archers the younger was tall and fair with a ruddy complexion , the other was of medium height and stalwart build , his hair grizzled at the temples , his eyes grey , his mouth well set above a firm chin , and his expression one of habitual good-humour , as though of a man at peace with himself if not with the world . |
| 8 | Warner Brothers immediately set in motion its own research programme to explore the feasibility of the idea ; it would run for some months before anyone realised it had been an April Fool and abandoned their research . |
| 9 | He and Sir David accordingly set upon this final crucial lap of their preparations and to witness the unswerving determination with which they persevered in the face of repeated frustrations was a humbling experience ; countless letters and telegrams were dispatched and his lordship himself made three separate trips to Paris within the space of two months . |
| 10 | ‘ Does acupuncture hurt ? ’ asked one marcher , who had his eyes firmly set on a placard on the other wall which read : |
| 11 | The race is also being used by Poland , Mexico , Norway and Denmark as their trials for the Olympic Games and though the field is not so strong at the front , it looks to be a proving ground for the visitors , in an effort to beat times already set by their countrymen to enable them to go to Barcelona . |
| 12 | However , despondency soon set in early yesterday morning with the losses of the seats won in by-elections — Eastbourne , Ribble Valley and Kincardine and Deeside . |
| 13 | However , despondency soon set in early yesterday morning with the losses of the seats won in by-elections — Eastbourne , Ribble Valley , and Kincardine and Deeside . |
| 14 | Outside my window , the sun slowly set behind mournful evening scenery , fields and bogs , with cows everywhere , sometimes on the road itself . |
| 15 | All that is required is simply to retard the ignition timing by 3 degrees ( are you sure that your ignition timing is spot on , anyway — try unleaded and if the engine does n't ‘ pink ’ , you 're OK , but have the ignition properly set at the next service ) . |
| 16 | The film ended with Wayne assuming responsibility for an orphaned Vietnamese boy to the strains of The Ballad of the Green Berets and the sun apparently setting in the east , a scene which outraged his critics but apparently brought tears to the eyes of many less demanding viewers . |
| 17 | The Shetland Islands , the most northerly part of the United Kingdom at sixty degrees north , lie well south the true Arctic , but still far enough north that in midsummer the sun only sets for an hour or two . |
| 18 | In ‘ random mode ’ , the time controller will switch an appliance on and off at random intervals during the four ON periods already set for the programme mode . |
| 19 | They were sitting opposite each other in their usual places at the rectangular dinner table Katherine always set with tablecloth and candles and fresh flowers . |
| 20 | But , as so often , no one was prepared to halt the machine once set in motion and on Friday 26 January 1744 Admiral Jacques de Roquefeuil sailed out of Brest with a fleet of 22 ships , with instructions to cover the embarkation of the army at Dunkirk and then to lure the English fleet away towards the Isle of Wight . |
| 21 | I had taken a package tour to Moscow and Leningrad primarily for the White Nights Festival of the Arts in June — an annual event of Soviet cultural life when the sun hardly sets for a fortnight and old men sit in the public gardens for half the night playing speed-chess . |
| 22 | Awaited since the Communist Party ( CPSU ) renounced its constitutionally guaranteed " leading role " in March , the law formally set in place a multiparty system . |
| 23 | In the budget on 19 March 1991 the Chancellor announced that there would be extra Government grant to enable the community charge bills originally set by councils to be reduced by £140 for every individual ( or in the case of Wandsworth to reduce the bill to £0 ) . |
| 24 | Community charge reductions are worked out after the bills originally set by councils have been reduced by £140 as explained on page 2 . |
| 25 | No-one was hurt and engineers immediately set to work making temporary repairs to the hull . |
| 26 | As the ruminants then set to work they eat down to the lower , leafier parts of the vegetation . |
| 27 | Daniel Hersheson then set to work on Pamela 's hair , cutting it into a more tailored and modern style . |
| 28 | The man , a stocky , greying fifty-year-old in a navy raincoat over a suit , his hair cut short , was attended by a uniformed policewoman , hair smartly set under the cap , her eyes watchful in the wide , flat , placid face , and both of them were standing square and stolid . |
| 29 | It was with his father Paul 's encouragement that Pascal eventually set to work on the project , which has been ‘ something of a labour of love over the last few years ’ . |
| 30 | As a relative newcomer , political sociology has made wider claims and has sought to extend the notions of power and politics beyond the confines traditionally set by political science . |