Example sentences of "[conj] set [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and set with islands of rude stone ; |
| 2 | Inspired by the work of Burne-Jones , he created magnificent lockets , pendants and brooches , enamelled in bright colours and set with gems . |
| 3 | Two of them bore long fruits like courgettes , though pink in colour and set with needles like a cactus . |
| 4 | The Hooligans were also said to hunt in cowardly packs , however , and news reports regularly featured them smashing up coffee-stalls and public houses , assaulting staff in pubs and cheap eating-houses , robbing and assaulting old ladies , attacking foreigners such as Italian ice-cream vendors or ‘ Froggy ’ cafe owners , and setting upon policemen in the streets with savage howls of ‘ Boot ‘ em ! ’ |
| 5 | It was large , cold , uninhabited — a place as set for arrivals or departures as any railway station . |