Example sentences of "[vb past] set in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first proof that the rot had set in at the Midland was the full disclosure of its profits and reserves in 1969 . |
| 2 | Part of this represented a disquieting pattern which had set in since the 1960s ( see Table 2.3 ) . |
| 3 | Rain had set in after the heatwave and there was an infestation of jelly fishes in the Moray Firth . |
| 4 | Soon after the war ended it trebled its student members when the Ministry of Education issued grants to ex-servicemen in an attempt to prevent a recurrence of the disillusionment that had set in after the First World War . |
| 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 . |