Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [noun] set [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1904 Tansley and William Smith set up the Committee for the Survey and Study of British Vegetation , later known as the British Vegetation Committee . |
| 2 | Mark Blunt and David Wilson set up the Chester-le-Street win despite a 5–49 return from Mark Storey . |
| 3 | While some made their way to the more traditional setting of the cafe by choice , two of them in denim overalls and safety boots set about the polishing , cleaning and oiling of duty loco , Maid Marian . |
| 4 | But the Mobbs had a panic button in the house , and Mrs Mobbs set off the alarm . |
| 5 | Isaac and Austin Copley set up the rail users group over 2 years ago to complain about poor service on the Banbury London line . |
| 6 | While Auntie Lou set out the food , he sat on a flat rock to recover and talked about the old days . |
| 7 | ‘ This has the making of becoming the biggest bureaucratic complexity since Lord Woolton set up the rationing system , ’ BR chairman Sir Bob Reid wrote after the white paper was published . |
| 8 | When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932 , housewives ' shopping clubs were all the rage . |