Example sentences of "were set in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The workroom was extremely tidy and four chairs were set in a row in front of the puppet theatre . |
| 2 | All were set in a wide range of localities , were powerful and dramatic , but lack organization . |
| 3 | Her grey eyes were set in a brown skin smooth like the shell of a hen 's egg . |
| 4 | The long , carved lips were set in a tight line and the straight black brows were screwed up in a frown . |
| 5 | He trained two thousand brave men , who became well disciplined ; no man swearing without paying a fine and if found to be drunk , they were set in the stocks and some were cashiered , and they became known everywhere they went as an elite regiment and many more wished to join them . |
| 6 | A wooden doll was made or found to contain her bones ; and round it gold plates and gold wire were set in the ninth century . |
| 7 | The particular tribe among whom he was working couched their teaching in story form , and the main story-line was always the same — the events were set in the context of a journey , for they were a nomadic people . |
| 8 | The town gates were set in the walls where these principal thoroughfares made their exit . |