Example sentences of "[was/were] setting [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though he could n't hear them , Trent knew that they were setting up a race . |
| 2 | Without any fuss they were setting up a machine-gun while a party came straight up the hill towards the ambush positions . |
| 3 | In a statement broadcast on national radio , the soldiers , who appeared to be led by Capt. Valentine Strasser , announced that they were setting up a National Provisional Defence Council . |
| 4 | ‘ You be careful of those tiles ! ’ he yelled towards the boys in the bathroom who were setting up a step-ladder in the bath . |
| 5 | They were setting up an introduction agency for Thai women and British men . |
| 6 | It was as if the graft was setting up a whole new embryo and re-specifying the positions of the cells in its vicinity . |
| 7 | The Judge declared that the foundation to this treason was setting up a false religion . |
| 8 | Fortunately for all concerned we learnt that General De Gaulle was setting up a headquarters in Putney , and we could have help from there . |
| 9 | The Yard had had a tip months before that a big drug-ring was setting up a new and major operation in England . |
| 10 | Even before the new Guide had been issued , CAJEC announced that it was setting up a Standard Review Group to monitor continuously the need for new ethical guidance . |
| 11 | One of his innovations was setting up a group which meets on Wednesdays for a five-hour session of yoga , baby massage , lunch and discussion — attended by an assortment of pregnant women , new mothers , midwives and obstetricians . |
| 12 | Now run by the Thoroughbred Sports Car Club , Croft hill was first used more than 60 years ago , coincidentally around the time Ambrose Sidney Baird was setting up a car dealership in Belfast . |
| 13 | Travis asked from the fire , where he was setting up a pan of water . |
| 14 | For appearances ' sake I maintained the fiction that I was setting up an independent enterprise in the EFL field . |
| 15 | In his inaugural speech as president , Nyerere announced that he was setting up an entirely new ministry , that of National Culture and Youth . |