Example sentences of "had set [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | In this area a number of small clothing-manufacturers had set themselves up since the war , migrating out from the East End of London . |
2 | Courtney had set himself up as a pioneer working with women victims of sex abuse , drug addiction and Aids problems . |
3 | The dapper , 52-year-old economist with his trademark owlish glasses had set himself up as a beacon of the reform movement as long ago as April 1991 when he led his party out of government . |
4 | When Margie had mentioned his association with Greg Martin , the financier who had made him the loan which had set him up in a small showroom and enabled him to move the sewing machines out of the living room and into a work room , Hugo became not so much evasive as totally silent . |
5 | Selene never again made a long speech , but she was happy ; and after Mrs Gracie died Dinah took shares in the business , which by then had set itself up in the old Asshe house while Dinah moved out to Hampstead . |