Example sentences of "set up [noun pl] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government set up Committees for the Defence of the Republic . |
| 2 | Now we never set up questions on the show — we 'll discuss areas that we might go into , but we never say , ‘ You say this to me , and then I 'll say that to you ’ , it just does n't work like that . |
| 3 | On June 4 Soviet troops surrounded the parliament building in Vilnius and set up checkpoints in the city , raising fears of a forced takeover . |
| 4 | came unto the workmen and beat and terrified them , threatening to kill them , if they would not leave their work , threw some of them in the river and kept them under water with long poles , and at several other times , upon the Knelling of a Bell , came to the said works in riotous and warlike manner , divided themselves into companies , to take the workmen and filled up the ditches and drains , made to carry away the water , burned up the working tools and other materials of the Relator and his workmen , and set up poles in the form of gallows , to terrifie the workmen and threatened to break their arms and legs , and beat and hurt many of them and made others flee away , whom they pursued to a town with such terror and threats , that they were forced to guard the town . |
| 5 | Among the other famous names who set up hostels for the Kindertransporte was Harry Jacobs , the head of Times Furnishing . |