Example sentences of "[vb base] up house " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then set up house with not only Mary but also Claire ( as she now styled herself ) . |
| 2 | With the greater prevalence of cohabitation as a prelude to marriage , many couples feel they make their public commitment to each other when they set up house together and sign the joint mortgage form . |
| 3 | Surveying reports on the relevant customary behaviour in 350 separate ‘ societies ’ , Tylor was able to demonstrate that , when the newlyweds set up house with the wife 's kin , avoidance behaviour between the latter and the husband occurred more frequently than could be expected on the basis of mere chance . |
| 4 | The pair set up house at Tidmarsh Mill , Pangbourne , and their relationship developed regardless of love affairs on both sides and Carrington 's marriage in 1921 to Reginald Sherring Partridge ( always called Ralph from 1919 onwards ) , who joined the ménage . |
| 5 | With the help of a legacy from Raisley Calvert [ q.v. ] , they set up house together at Racedown , Dorset ( 1795 ) . |
| 6 | They set up house in No. 93 , which was now to let . |