Example sentences of "[noun] set [adv] into " in BNC.
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| 1 | Camus sets off into the night . |
| 2 | Ideally , gates should be hung on sturdy posts set well into the ground , but where this is impossible , such as against a house wall , the only secure way to fit the post is to screw it to the wall using large expanding bolts , such as Rawlbolts . |
| 3 | Before a bushbaby sets out into the African night , it performs a strange ritual : it cups its hands and then urinates on them . |
| 4 | The new bass made use of Leo 's bolt-on maple neck , with the now traditional long-scale measurement ( the distance in which the top string can vibrate freely , ie. from the nut to where it passes over the bridge saddle ) of 34″ , and twenty frets set directly into the maple fretboard . |
| 5 | Concrete fixings spoil the look of a lawn , and poles set directly into the earth often loosen in wet weather and begin to lean . |
| 6 | The idea of a small group of men setting off into the desert to travel hundreds of miles behind the enemy lines was not such a hare-brained scheme as might be thought . |
| 7 | And then there had been Julius 's mother , always dressed in dark , expensive suits , with every strand of her silver hair set firmly into place . |
| 8 | The original plan to restore the house as a hotel has lapsed and new proposals have been lodged with the city council for dividing the house into flats with new front doors set randomly into many of the original window frames , and with no use for the spectacular hall and staircase . |
| 9 | The following morning , a raiding party sets out into the new territory . |
| 10 | Even with full flap the aeroplane is quite clean , so maximum drag is used to get the power setting up into the quick-response range for a safe goaround . |
| 11 | Julius 's face set back into implacable lines . |