Sentence examples for be set in past from inspiring English sources

"Climate" might be set in past, present or future, and in any country.

The story could be set in the past, present or future.

Maybe it could be set in the past," said Pegg, though he admitted: "We're not due to have our next idea until four weeks' time".

But now signs of age and time passing are everywhere, in this first Lubitsch musical to be set in the past — the lighting, the music, the gowns and of course, Lehár's famous waltz.

"The Unquiet Dead" is the first episode of the revival to be set in the past, and was intended to show the series' range.

Even "Billy Elliott" (which was originally called "Dancer"), the story of a young boy in a mining town who takes to ballet as a means of escape, is set in the past, albeit in the more recent past.

For one thing, "Grand Budapest" is set in the past, not the present day, and, moreover, in a past that the film understands is overshadowed by darkness.

My novel is set in the past, I told myself.

Most of these books are set in the past, though.

With magnificent costumes if the story was set in the past.

And more novels than ever before are set in the past.