Example sentences of "[be] set [prep] by [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | One of the more alarming aspects of these Bank Holiday disturbances was that they highlighted fierce traditions of resistance to the police in working-class neighbourhoods , so that not uncommonly policemen attempting to make street arrests would be set upon by large crowds — sometimes numbering two or three hundred people — shouting ‘ Rescue ! |
| 2 | Walking home from his job one payday , he was set upon by two young men who hit him with a stick , pushed him to the ground and seized his meagre wages . |
| 3 | They decided to help after hearing how the woman , who does not want to be named , was set upon by two boys near the Red Hall estate in Darlington last week . |
| 4 | On the way he was set upon by five German planes . |
| 5 | Jonas recalls : ‘ … just as the Maryland crossed the coast preparatory to landing at Luqa , it was set upon by six Messerschmitts . |
| 6 | Young women , for example , who were ‘ arm-in-arm right across the pavement , and kept pushing people off ’ , or another court report which described how ‘ a respectably-dressed young girl was set upon by four factory girls and unmercifully beaten ’ . |
| 7 | There he was set upon by three hefty roughs . |