Example sentences of "[adj] and set " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the pagan celebration , ‘ huge baulks of timber were piled high and set ablaze . |
| 2 | He was a devoted and loyal colleague who was too old and set in his ways when he became Professor to introduce major developments , but signs of change were seen , coming to fruition in his successor 's reign . |
| 3 | The house was rosy and set into the hill . |
| 4 | These teeth are also shorter and set at a different angle from the other teeth . |
| 5 | They creaked awake and set to rousing the fire and cooking breakfast , the Hearthwares cursing the chill weight of their armour , hopping up and down to get the blood moving through their limbs . |
| 6 | to 2,501,943 at the end of December , and finally reached 5,201,919 in March 1991 before being renamed the gold cordoba on March 4 and set at 5.0726 to the US dollar . |
| 7 | That picture ‘ turned life a little under his very eye … all , through Frances ‘ s eyes , could be made static and beautiful and set in a pattern ’ . |
| 8 | His hands gripped the arms of his chair , levering himself upwards , his face grim and set with determination . |
| 9 | Suzanne , who left school in July , is clinging to life in the burns unit at Withington Hospital after being stripped , beaten and set on fire by captors who also shaved her head . |