Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | With chestnut-brown hair and classical bone-structure but rather coarse skin , Sister Davenport could have been quite pretty if her face were n't permanently set in a narrow repertoire of sly looks and cruel smiles . |
| 2 | And for historically minded exploitation devotees , there is Terror Train ( MGM/UA ) , made in 1980 and one of umpteen contemporaneous movies patterned after Halloween , but with the novelty of being almost wholly set aboard a train . |
| 3 | When the powder is mixed with cold water it first of all dissolves to a creamy white paste and then slowly sets to a hard solid . |
| 4 | However , union fees are almost invariably set as a constant amount of earnings rather than a proportion . |
| 5 | The depiction of the Legion itself might not have been truly authentic but what gave Black Legion much of its initial impact was that the story with all its political message and melodrama was very firmly set in a very real community of American working men . |