Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] set up the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Volunteers were sought to set up the tables .
2 The mornings of Sunday and Monday were spent setting up the arena , putting in some dance and fight practice , and generally preparing for the show before the pre-show meeting .
3 It was decided to set up the PMIS as part of an " on-line " system ( directly connected to the computer ) using a computer terminal for input and output .
4 An effort was made to set up the stud in a more favoured , not to say more conventional , site in the foothills of the Nilgiris .
5 My job was to help set up the items , do the research , write some of the scripts and linking material , and brief the interviewers .
6 I said we was sent to set up the seating and the pulpit . ’
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