Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had my heart set on a soft-top — preferably a Corvette or a Mustang — and I was n't going to let a spot of bracing weather stand in my way . |
| 2 | But I had my heart set on training a bird . |
| 3 | It was , but he had the sheet in front of him , which had my targets set on it . |
| 4 | ‘ I told her I 'd got my sights set on a high-born heiress and she damned near scratched my eyes out . |
| 5 | I used to find my bed set at an angle from the wall , and though I straightened it , always it was moved back into this odd position . |
| 6 | I potter and practise on my newly-restored Orange Beast , my socket set in the sidecar and patience at the ready . |
| 7 | She had her heart set on it . ’ |
| 8 | Was n't it hard enough on that poor child to know no parents , to be totally disowned by her relations up in Westlands , to be brought up an orphan in the convent in second-hand clothes , and sent to a secretarial course when she had her heart set on going to university without being mown down by a car on her first week . |
| 9 | Barbra , 50 , had her heart set on property in California until she found out it was in the path of the killers which are slowly migrating north from South America where 600 people have been stung to death . |
| 10 | This negative response created great distress to Mrs X as she has her heart set on becoming an embalmer . |
| 11 | Rosa took Sabina 's arm and pinched her , hard , her teeth set in fury . |
| 12 | To the left a group of barren islets , suggesting ruins of stone walls , towers and block houses , had its foundations set in a blue sea that itself looked solid , so still and stable did it lie below my feet ; even the track of light from the westering sun shone smoothly , without that animated glitter which tells of an imperceptible ripple ( 2 ) . |
| 13 | The party may have put on a collar and tie but it is still the Labour Party , prone to its old reflexes ( as it reminded us yesterday on defence spending ) , prisoner still of its anachronistic structure , its mind set in 100 years of working-class history . |
| 14 | It stood there , hunched and spindly , the weight held threateningly in one tiny hand , its big , dark , staring eyes fixed murderously on him , its mouth set in a snarl of deadly intent . |
| 15 | What superlatives , comparatives and ordinals do is to pick some entity out of its extraction set by giving a property which identifies it relative to membership in that set . |
| 16 | Ludus is strictly for women with their eyes set on newsagents ' mid-shelves |
| 17 | Joseph Chamberlain , not Sidney Webb , was the man of her dreams ; but though she has been credited with overcoming romantic desire for the sake of her own independence , it is clear that she desperately wanted him to propose , with her eyes set on his becoming prime minister . |
| 18 | She had her eyes set on a bigger catch than me . ’ |
| 19 | But Ireland 's new track queen Sonia O'Sullivan also has her eyes set on the prize , and she has the taste for mega-bucks after her 3,000m win in Brussels earned her four one kilogram gold bars worth about £33,000 . |
| 20 | Well , almost all of them , she corrected herself , her blue eyes darkening and her mouth setting into an uncharacteristically harsh line . |
| 21 | Jessamy stared at him for a moment , then her mouth set into a line that was almost as determined as his own . |
| 22 | Her mouth set in a stubborn line he knew so well . |
| 23 | Her mouth set in a grim line , she went to the kitchen door . |
| 24 | Her mouth set in a stubborn line . |
| 25 | She lifted the receiver as Myra darted to the other phone and , her mouth set in a straight line , dialled the number of Roman 's office . |
| 26 | She stalked off across the road , her hat jammed firmly on her head and her mouth set in a mutinous line . |
| 27 | Kate stared back at him , her mouth set in a bitter line . |
| 28 | For a moment she hesitated , then , her mouth set in a determined line Elise would have recognised with misgiving , set about dampening her cotton nightshirt and then her hair and face to simulate perspiration . |
| 29 | Her face was flushed , but her mouth set in a firm line . |
| 30 | A little way above his head , and maybe a few metres back , is a crossed pair of microphones with their elements set at exactly the same distance as his ears . |