Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] set [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd helped set up a new research wing , which was due to be officially opened in a fortnight 's time . |
| 2 | Makeshift Australian opener Mark Waugh , a scorer of two half centuries in the series , appeared to have set up a winning total when he hit 108 . |
| 3 | Successive government reports since the late 1930s had recommended setting up a national film bank , but it was only in the wake of the 1948 production crisis that the government seriously contemplated making funds available to the industry . |
| 4 | ( B ) The conference had decided to set up a national assembly composed of 123 members based on the number of constituencies existing before 1969 with a speaker and two deputy speakers . |
| 5 | Gen. Asparukhov alleged that Mishev had attempted to set up a secret arms deal with Macedonia . |