Example sentences of "[noun prp] set [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 John Dickson Carr , stalwart of the Golden Age of the detective story , set some dozen of his books in past times , with particularly to be recommended Devil in Velvet , set in the Regency period , and Bride of Newgate set in the seventeenth century .
2 It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course .
3 ‘ One ’ was a word of the Chelsea set for the first person singular , and one might perhaps venture the thought of a pun in the words of the inscription .
4 When he presented a new Kwik-Cricket set to the Barbadian Secretary of State for Education , the minister promptly moved desks , bookshelves and even delayed leaving for a cabinet meeting so that he could play the game in his office .
5 Founder member of the National Aeronautical Collection , the Cody Biplane set against the excellent World War One era supporting display .
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