Example sentences of "it [was/were] set [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | It was set on the Potomac near Washington D C which , like Malmesbury in our civil war , changed hands several times during the American one . |
2 | She had a leather suitcase which bore the remains of labels from pre-war Oriental hotels , a hatbox and an immense carpet bag which sighed out little puffs of dust every time it was set on the ground . |
3 | Canongate had its own Tolbooth , which has survived because it was set into the building line instead of blocking the thoroughfare . |
4 | It was set in the middle of a corn field , and she turned between the tall stalks of corn and followed the track up to the barn . |
5 | Huckleberry Finn has been proscribed by some American libraries because of its repeated use of the word nigger , even though it was written more than 100 years ago , it was set in the Deep South , and a central purpose of the novel was to challenge prejudices about the black man . |