Example sentences of "[was/were] set the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Iraqis argued that if the USA were to set the date for the Bush-Aziz meeting , Iraq should have been allowed to choose the date of the Baker-Saddam meeting . |
| 2 | It was the Summer of Love and the young were setting the controls for the heart of the sun . |
| 3 | An hour before games were due to begin , the club was plunged into darkness by a major fault at the local sub-station , just as officials were setting the stage for the event . |
| 4 | I reassured him that this warning was unnecessary : my ambition was to set the record for the slowest lap of the circuit . |
| 5 | Thus was set the standard for my spell in the Production Department … |
| 6 | Here the station was setting the tone for a new British self-image , one more related to the power of medieval romance than classical imperial rule . |
| 7 | When she got down again her mother was setting the table for high tea ; Clara , mutely . |