Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julius 's mouth suddenly set into a hard line that she remembered very well , and her nerves gave an involuntary quiver . |
| 2 | She spun round to face him , her mouth already setting into an angry line . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Outside my window , the sun slowly set behind mournful evening scenery , fields and bogs , with cows everywhere , sometimes on the road itself . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Awaited since the Communist Party ( CPSU ) renounced its constitutionally guaranteed " leading role " in March , the law formally set in place a multiparty system . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The benchmark now set by the Halifax is certain to influence how other societies respond to last week 's 1-point increase in bank base rates to 15 per cent . |
| 15 | Japanese kites , and there are almost a score here to set beside nearly 90 examples from China , tend to be either square or diamond-shaped and to be emblazoned with fearsome images of the heads of actors from the Kabuki stage . |
| 16 | With the necessary minimum of technical instruction on camera and sound work the group then set to work to produce their own video film . |
| 17 | In a turnout unofficially set at 59 per cent of the approximately 165,000 registered voters , Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro , a former Supreme Court judge , obtained 73.5 per cent of the votes , while Pereira gained only 26.5 per cent . |
| 18 | Normally a rubber-stamping exercise , representatives from all over the country come to discuss an agenda largely set by the party . |
| 19 | It was the sort of pit once set for tigers , with stakes on the floor on which you got impaled if ever you fell in . |
| 20 | The north doorway has a remarkable tympanum deeply set in the porch like that at Autun . |
| 21 | DUNKELD Cathedral attractively set beside the Tay . |
| 22 | If the early universe had been chaotic or irregular , or if the pressure of matter had been low , one would have expected it to produce many more primordial black holes than the limit already set by our observations of the gamma ray background . |
| 23 | In 1981 , during the Committee stage of the Bill , the Under-Secretary of State for the Environment said : ‘ For the purposes of pest control , especially control of foxes and rabbits , there is no practical alternative to a snare well set by an experienced person and regularly inspected . ’ |
| 24 | The plumber then set to work encasing the ‘ mummy ’ in its close-fitting anthropoid shell after which the carpenter 's men put it into its outer wooden case , upholstered in rich blue velvet . |
| 25 | And , to Sven Hjerson 's concealed annoyance , Miss Arabella Buckley had contrived to make herself one of the group , her ample form straining the faded green canvas of a chair firmly set among the others . |
| 26 | ( Not , by the way , that I have my heart particularly set on a boy but , having grown up with only brothers , I do n't quite know what the female clichés look like . ) |
| 27 | White never used to be a predominant Goshiki colour , but now it is realised that a snow-white base admirably sets off the other shades . |
| 28 | Accommodation and compromise have not characterized the recent history of the DUP , despite journalists ' frequent attempts to portray Paisley as a man sufficiently set on personal power to be willing to compromise to achieve it . |
| 29 | Against Ireland the English backs showed wit , poise , passing skills and pace enough to set against the best . |
| 30 | The dark cream also sets off the bright red roses well — had I chosen a white satin , card or fabric in a similar shade it would have been too bright and could have detracted from the frame . |