Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] set in " in BNC.

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1 Sarah 's mouth set in a grim line .
2 Joseph 's mouth set in a thin line .
3 Folly 's mouth set in a grim line .
4 Nadine 's mouth set in a firm , determined line .
5 Cranston 's mouth set in a stubborn line .
6 The professor 's interest in architecture and theatre is reflected in Pietro Fancelli 's mythology set in the palace at Persepolis , stage designs by Schinkel , Mauro Tesi and others .
7 Like Dame Sirith , the dialogue of the Shipman 's Tale sets in front of the reader or audience a set of vignettes in which only two characters are present at any one time : the monk and the wife ( 89 – 208 ) , the wife and the husband ( 212 – 48 ) , the monk and the husband ( 255 – 92 and 342 – 64 ) and the husband and the wife ( 380 – 432 ) .
8 In any other season you could have looked down from a ridge just below the pastures where the sheep were grazing and seen the village in miniature , a doll 's farm set in a patchwork of agricultural land that spread across the valley floor .
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