Sentence examples for were still set from inspiring English sources

Tables were still set for a lunch crowd that never showed up.

If books were still set by hand, would the printer of "War Dances" have run out of question marks?

A FULL HOUSE All 20 Derby runners were still set to go Friday by the 9 a.m. deadline for scratches.

At St. Charlie's restaurant on Albany Street, two blocks south of the World Trade Center, the tables were still set for a lunch that was never served.

Prices were still set to rise on average by a record 1.9% in the new year for the majority of passengers, he said.

Around him, the tables were still set for the festivities, with half-eaten dinners, abandoned handbags and overturned chairs the signs of the sudden panicked evacuation.

While we were still setting up, Charles Saatchi was stalking around, rifling through people's half-hung work.

But some properties were still setting off bidding wars among buyers who had already been qualified for loans.

*** House prices are still set to soar.

Petrol prices in Portugal are still set by the government.

Cuts are still set to dominate the next parliament.