Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One city has responded by setting up a twenty-four hour response team to help people whose lives are being ruined by noisy neighbours . |
| 2 | China has hinted at setting up a ‘ shadow government ’ for Hong Kong to undermine the colonial government 's authority before 1997 . |
| 3 | On our descent we began by setting up our own abseils but quickly accepted an offer from the Germans to share abseils , taking turns at setting up the anchor points . |
| 4 | The Government had responded by setting up an interdepartmental committee under the chairmanship of Lord Justice James to review the distribution of criminal business between the Crown Court and the Magistrates ' courts . |
| 5 | In the United States , he had begun by setting up a small press which published German writers in translation , books which kept the Germany he knew alive . |