Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] set [adv prt] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was set down at Nurina and returned to my roomette before the train tackled the " long straight " , a point where the line runs across the dead heart of the Nullarbor , a distance of 478 kilometres . |
| 2 | They said they were setting off at nine o'clock as if to go |
| 3 | When that palazzo fell into disrepair the door was brought here , to Via Filodrammatici , where it was set up at the entrance to a convent . |
| 4 | It was set up at the outbreak of war , when the British wanted to explain events to the African population in East Africa , and became self-supporting within two years . |
| 5 | It was set up at the time of the publication of the Beveridge report by a group of young MPs who had strong links with the forces . |