Rather than being set in stone, the iron trough containing the canal is balanced on top of hundred-foot long, spindly legs. |
Gogol came to have his name by accident, but that accident set in motion a series of events that would demarcate the history of a family. |
Tosca is an opera in three acts set in Rome about 1800 at a time of revolution. |
The local custom of apple-tree wassailing might be of interest to either group after its mention in the bestselling novel set in Herefordshire. |
And then there's the repulsive triplewart seadevils, covered with spines and furrows and warts, their large mouths set in a perpetual frown. |
But once the upper floors began to give way, terrible force was set in motion. |