Example sentences of "[verb] [det] [noun] set [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But it did n't take Jefferson long to find enough money to set up a factory to make golf clubs , and it does n't take a lot of imagination to guess who provided the money . ’
2 Rick had gone to Cheltenham to help some friends to set up an art exhibition and Lou had gone with him .
3 The Labour leader , John Smith , is believed to have told the Scottish leadership not to support any efforts to set up a Scottish parliamentary council and Mr Clarke 's proposals are intended to maintain Lib Dem support for the convention .
4 Barry Quirke , chairman of the Institute of Statisticians , said : ‘ We would be very keen to support any initiative to set up an independent committee , so long as it has teeth .
5 After a few months he had borrowed enough money to set up a drug store in Sydney .
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