Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [adv] set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , he had struggled at first to satisfy his beautiful young bride ; he had been too long a bachelor and too set in his ways . |
| 2 | By raising the question of the Holy Places the French President not only gained ground at home but also set in train a long-term policy . |
| 3 | In July 1979 she moved into the 50,000 apartment and immediately set to work furnishing the rooms in a warm but simple Habitat style . |
| 4 | The tables , covered in the finest white linen and already set with bone china and heirloom silver , provided a delightful contrast . |
| 5 | The cavalryman , who was called Lord John Rossendale , was staring at the sumptuous decorations in the supper room where the long tables were draped in white linen and thickly set with silver and fine china . |
| 6 | The original supplier er withdrew all his guarantees about the performance of the detector , or indeed his commitment to the delivery schedules , shortly after we had er placed the development contract with the consortium and er the consortium recognised that it could not live with that situation and immediately set to work to find an alternative supplier . |