Example sentences of "[adv] set into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rot had already set into the damp wood and she was able to break chunks off the strut as though they were bits of soggy cardboard . |
| 2 | One slight disappointment is in the fret finishing : the frets seem properly set into the fingerboard but some of the ends on the treble side are sitting ( or have lifted ) slightly off the fingerboard , allowing the top E to occasionally catch underneath them . |
| 3 | These sloping tables were often set into the ground and were then known as buddles , but there were circular convex and concave huddles which were mechanical . |
| 4 | There is a bull ring , now secured in a stone block resting on the verge near the church , which is a reminder of the baiting which entertained our ancestors , and a sun-dial strangely set into the top of a small upright coffin-shaped stone in the churchyard . |
| 5 | The marble block was then set into the wall of the family tomb , so the occupants appeared to be gazing at passers-by as if from a window . |
| 6 | The niche is then set into the recess ( with a damp-proof membrane draped behind it in cavity walls ) and is held in place by mirror plates screwed to the rear of the niche surround . |