Example sentences of "[noun prp] set up [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father was a police constable in the borough police at Helston , but the family emigrated to New Zealand , probably in 1872 , and settled at Timaru , South Island , where most of the settlers were of Cornish descent , and James Fitzsimmons set up as a blacksmith . |
| 2 | As a means of livelihood compatible with his politics , Doherty set up as a publisher , bookseller , and printer in Manchester from 1832 , and he seems to have remained in this business until his death . |
| 3 | Not that T. Behrens sets up as a psychologist . |
| 4 | I met a boy in his mid-twenties , from Kentucky , who had come to New York to set up as a dentist . |
| 5 | Between 1944 and 1946 he contributed articles to the magazine , and when in 1946 Lehmann set up as a publisher , Vaughan initially accepted charge of design and production . |
| 6 | The couple were married in 1964 and moved to Maghull , before settling in Formby where Mr Ryder set up as a pharmacist and postmaster . |