Example sentences of "[noun] set [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only an agriculture industry set free within the framework of market forces operating more closely to supply and demand will have a secure and prosperous future . |
| 2 | But she fell in love with a gown set low over the bosom , and unadorned , but for a ribbon or two , in a soft peach that set off her copper tresses . |
| 3 | Martin leapt after it , clawing his way up the face of an ancient tombstone set close against the wall . |
| 4 | In the Hadrianic period the tiers of locks disappeared , and hair was simply drawn into a plaited bun set high on the crown of the head . |
| 5 | An insipid winter light dribbled in a thin gruel from a small pane of glass set low in the wall just above the camp bed on which he sprawled . |
| 6 | His own fear clammying his T-shirt , Trent imagined the long terror the men would suffer , men with no experience of the sea set adrift in the pitch dark and drizzle with the swell building and the rising thunder of surf breaking on the reef ahead . |
| 7 | With Rex and Woodchip out of the picture and the forces of darkness set loose upon the land , how can we fail ? |
| 8 | They have walked through this park in different states of mind and various styles of walking and staggering with Iain sometimes crying for no reason and Andrew 's face set resolute on the path ahead of him . |