Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Production Code Administration that was set under him to put the code into practice became one of the most influential bodies of the field of social mores , and the regulations themselves became dubbed the ‘ Hays ’ Code , . |
| 2 | He seized the Scotch that was set before him and drained it . |
| 3 | Before being dumped she had been beaten , stripped and then had petrol poured over her body and was set on fire . |
| 4 | For almost the whole of the period under review , the prevalent and strongly held belief was that Britain , in common with other major economies , had climbed out of the economic slough of the interwar years and was set on a broad and permanent path of rising prosperity and full employment . |
| 5 | If it is an even number , then was in fact set two periods earlier and was set at the close of the previous period . |