Example sentences of "had set in [prep] " 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 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 .
6 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 .
7 I got wet again , as the rain had set in in stair-rods .
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