Example sentences of "set down in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his annoyance he found that the Treasurer 's office was now completely empty except for the four telephones set down in a row on the bare boards of the floor . |
| 2 | But the success of the organisation lay in the men who ran it as much as in the formal orders ( set down in a minute of July 1942 ) . |
| 3 | we set down in a passing-place and basked |
| 4 | The sedan chair was set down in a space of its own , and the curtains drawn aside . |
| 5 | Thus , a whole range of decisions would not be left merely to the instinct of the doctor , good though he or she may be , but would be set down in a form which is at the same time authoritative , yet flexible and able to change if circumstances demand . |
| 6 | She was hazily aware of being set down in a chair , then her head was pushed none too gently between her knees . |