Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They moved to Sherburn-in-Elmet and set to their new task . |
| 2 | Also , as West European capitalism filtered across Germany and set in motion the inevitable homogenisation of markets and language within the customs union , the reaction of the Polish subject people , who were after all not the primary , nor even secondary , beneficiaries of capitalist modes of production and the spread of profit , and who had behind them a different set of cultural and political orientations , was similar to that of the Germans . |
| 3 | After producing the Crowther Report , the Central Advisory Council was reconstituted under the chairmanship of John Newsom and set to work . |
| 4 | A barricade was built in Fahan Street and set on fire and a continuous fusillade of stones was thrown at the police sheltering behind Butcher Gate . |
| 5 | Based on a novel by E M Forster and set at the turn of the century , this is an elaborate and visually handsome period piece . |
| 6 | Opposite is the War Memorial designed by Lutyens and set in delightful gardens . |
| 7 | The play , written by André Birabeau and set in the Paris of 1919 , brought praise for the performances of Crawford and his co-star , nineteen-year-old Sarah Long , who had played the same role a year earlier when a different production was staged in Brighton and London . |