Example sentences of "[noun sg] have set in [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Panic has set in as the league 's Draconian restructuring unfolds with four clubs relegated from Division One and seven from Division Two .
2 The first proof that the rot had set in at the Midland was the full disclosure of its profits and reserves in 1969 .
3 Rain had set in after the heatwave and there was an infestation of jelly fishes in the Moray Firth .
4 I got wet again , as the rain had set in in stair-rods .
5 Putrefaction had set in around the nose and mouth , the skin felt cold and soggy as Corbett gently turned the head to look at the fatal weal round the neck , a broad , purple black gash with little round indentations which made it look like some ghostly parody of a necklace .
6 General bewilderment had set in by this year 's quarter-final stage , by which point most of the big names — Toulouse , Racing , Agen , Narbonne and Béziers — had fallen by the wayside .
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