Example sentences of "[be] set [adv prt] on a " in BNC.

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1 Simone 's Studios command fantastic views of the coastline of mainland Greece and Albania , as they 're set up on a small hill looking out over the bay of Benitses .
2 There is evidence that the present east gable is a replacement , made very soon , for another , likewise with a battle , which seems then to have been set up on a base in the sanctuary , its centre akroterion also .
3 This particular perversion , I notice , like every other , has been set up on a professional basis in go-getting New York .
4 I did Hope that Lord Nelson who was staying at Raby might come down to partake of the fayre which had been set out on a Royal Oak table decorated with a huge Wheatsheaf , Blue Bells and a small Green Tree that looked very much like Three Tuns .
5 The sound of a glass being set down on a table , then a door closing .
6 For , all in the instant of his book and glass being set down on a nearby table ‘ You 're afraid of me , Fabia ? ’ he demanded to know in a straightforward , no nonsense manner .
7 The Compass System is set up on a pivot enclosed in a liquid filled ( kerosene ) chamber .
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