Example sentences of "[noun sg] was set [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her father 's tea was set at a corner of the kitchen table , a pile of oatcakes , cheese , a cold wing of game . |
| 2 | Her mouth was set in a stubborn line , and she was scowling . |
| 3 | The brief dew on his lashes , that had caught the thin early rays of the risen sun , was dry enough now , his mouth was set in a rigid line . |
| 4 | The lines from his nose to his mouth were deeper , his mouth was set in a grim line and his eyes were bleak , or perhaps her memory was at fault … but she knew it was n't ; she knew every inch of his face . |
| 5 | At the same time , milk yields had to be substantially increased and sustainable and the scene was set for a revolution in breeding and for the development of most of the modern breeds . |
| 6 | The scene was set for a confrontation which , because of the simultaneous peaking of unrest over the food question , threatened to bring not only a few militant engineers , but whole working-class communities into direct action against the continuation of the war . |
| 7 | With actress Jackie , 47 , the Hollywood party scene was set for a quiet chat and a bottle of champagne — maybe a magnum . |
| 8 | Using the Mark 1 blue/grey set , complete with a Network SouthEast liveried coach , the scene was set for a return history period piece . |
| 9 | The scene was set for a movie genius but what was important for the history of the movies was that the genius who emerged to push the medium and the industry into a new era was a self-educated romantic whose values and ideas had not been provided by any distinctive intellectual tradition or urban political party but rather had emerged first out of his Southern , rural , Methodist past and then as he had drifted through a rapidly changing America . |
| 10 | The scene was set for a Russian calamity . |
| 11 | Once Lothar had again spurned his brothers ' messengers , and come southwards from Aachen to the Moselle , apparently seeking battle , the scene was set for a final showdown . |
| 12 | The scene was set in a cabin on the boat with two men lone Fernandell and a beautiful Tahitian girl wearing only a grass skirt . |
| 13 | The sun was setting in a red blaze as we drove into the centre of Mexico City , the long geometrically laid-out streets already darkening into canyons filled with the lights of cars . |
| 14 | The second ad was set in a courtroom and described our new product ‘ Balanced Banking ’ and had the message that , with our automatic transfer , customers ‘ money was always in the right place to earn more interest . |
| 15 | BRITAIN 'S new top judge was set for a clash with the Government last night after he called for SHORTER jail sentences . |
| 16 | The subject had been explored in The Trumpet-Major and stories such as ‘ The melancholy hussar of the German legion ’ but it now began to take shape as a verse drama of epic proportions in which the historical story of Napoleon 's rise and fall was set against a reflective commentary on man 's ‘ place in the universe ’ . |
| 17 | The reason for this advice is that quite possibly the question was set as a trap , and if you refrain have avoided it by good luck rather than good management . |
| 18 | The fireplace in question was set into a huge thick wall that partly divided the main room . |
| 19 | The seal on this rapprochement was set with a treaty of peace with the Picts to which Bede refers in the penultimate chapter of the Ecclesiastical History as a significant aspect of the situation in 731 ( HE V , 23 ) . |
| 20 | The snow was dirtied there , earth spattered , and a dark mound was set beside a hole . |
| 21 | It has long been one of the curiosities of our political history that the previous all-time record was set by a party that actually lost the election , Clement Attlee 's Labour Party in 1951 . |
| 22 | This Fifties comedy was set in a ‘ flea pit ’ cinema called the Bijou where staff turned up the central heating to boiling point in a desert picture to boost ice cream sales . |
| 23 | The maximum 15 per cent share was set as a form of protection of BTG 's independence , other protection measures include the government 's golden share and the right of UK universities to appoint a director to the BTG board . |
| 24 | Her oval face with its large dark eyes and high forehead was set on a long , graceful neck . |
| 25 | The new Kuwaiti dinar was set at a rate of US$1.00=KD0.2857 , the rate applicable before the Aug. 2 Iraqi invasion . |
| 26 | First the basic minimum was set at a very low level and was related to pre-war wages thus not reflecting the very steep increase in the prices of basic necessities . |
| 27 | Bail was set at a remarkable $300m , one of the highest on record . |
| 28 | From an early stage the pattern was set for a memorable bout as Close jabbed with great conviction , never once taking a backward step and trading punches on an equal basis throughout the fight . |
| 29 | While such rural development in non-agricultural activity was also made eligible for aid from the ERDF and ESF , the overall level of funding in this area was set at a relatively low level , in relation to the other Objectives , and in comparison to the budget allocated to the CAP . |
| 30 | A hard kitchen-type chair was set near a table with three legs . |