Example sentences of "[was/were] setting [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were setting a nursery rhyme to music , it would be quite appropriate to use the verse metre and rhythms also in the music ; the result would be simple and naïve . |
| 2 | In front of the hut , several mothers were setting a trestle table with crockery and unwrapping polite little sandwiches . |
| 3 | Landlords not only were assessed on their directly occupied land but were constantly calling for relief for tenants , for whom increasing poor rates were setting a ceiling for rents . |
| 4 | The Americans were setting the pace . |
| 5 | In the finale , as the whole orchestra was pronouncing the triple supplication ‘ Do-na-no-bis-pa-cem ’ , all at once a wonderful gesture escaped you : you plunged your left fist deep down as if you were setting the torch to the side of a funeral pyre . |
| 6 | ON MONDAY , the second day of the Marui Pipeline Masters , the waves were glassy and tubular and the local hotshots were setting the pace . |
| 7 | Erm on the basis that er we were , when we were setting the , the targets , the time was set by the work study personnel erm and then the operator was able to obtain a trial run on the time given er and if at the end of the work , he was satisfied that he had made the target bonus , or near enough , or if he was satisfied that , given a little extra opportunity to go back onto that job should it come back again in the near future , then he would , he would see clearly that he could make at least fifty percent er which was the target bonus , and probably more . |
| 8 | It was the Summer of Love and the young were setting the controls for the heart of the sun . |
| 9 | The four of them , ignoring him , were setting the trolley up again , jabbering among themselves in Kamalian . |
| 10 | An hour before games were due to begin , the club was plunged into darkness by a major fault at the local sub-station , just as officials were setting the stage for the event . |
| 11 | The sun was setting a glittering scene for the first hole , enlivening the damp leaves on the backdrop of ancient and stately trees , whose different designs gave character to each and every hole on this , one of the loveliest golf courses in southern England . |
| 12 | They left , somewhat sheepishly , and followed Finnan into a tiny , grubby kitchen where he was setting a water-filled pot over the fire . |
| 13 | He had set out the costly paper , ink and pens with geometric precision on the table and was setting a stool for the scribe to sit on . |
| 14 | Here the station was setting the tone for a new British self-image , one more related to the power of medieval romance than classical imperial rule . |
| 15 | He knew anyway what John was doing , which was setting the fuse . |
| 16 | When she got down again her mother was setting the table for high tea ; Clara , mutely . |
| 17 | could do , I mean if I was setting the exam I probably would , sort of , you know people know roughly about , I mean they 're all going to drive cars one car . |
| 18 | Doug felt that , as his head of department , Mary was setting the agenda of the meetings , even though she had not seen the videos he made while teaching : ‘ There may be conflict there . |
| 19 | If I was setting an exam paper for summer it would be something I would think about putting in not that I am setting it in case you think I had n't . |