Example sentences of "[vb past] [been] set [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | Hannah Dooley knew a bloke in Birmingham who had been set on by a group of small ‘ pod-like ’ creatures while out walking his dog . |
2 | It had been set up with a directly practical focus : to provide insights and resources which would help teachers in initial training to prepare themselves to use activities involving collaborative work between children . |
3 | A British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) television programme , Panorama , broadcast on Nov. 18 , suggested that Waite had been set up as a front man in the arms for hostages deal and helped gather intelligence on the whereabouts of the captors . |
4 | By contrast , those who were involved in the new machinery of public credit which had been set up as a result of the financial revolution were doing remarkably well , through their investments in institutions such as the Bank of England and the New East India Company , and from the interest they received on loans to the government . |
5 | The steam boiler had been set up in a shed at the back of the offworlder 's house . |
6 | The last day had been set aside for a hunting trip , a full day out in the field , putting into practice , hopefully , all we had learned . |
7 | An evening had been set aside for a get-together of the Branch 's top 50 clients to promote Special Savings Accounts . |
8 | I did Hope that Lord Nelson who was staying at Raby might come down to partake of the fayre which had been set out on a Royal Oak table decorated with a huge Wheatsheaf , Blue Bells and a small Green Tree that looked very much like Three Tuns . |
9 | Low comfortable chairs had been set out in a square ; too comfortable for-some , because there was a distinct buzz of snoring from the other side of a rack of trade journals , broken only by the bats ' wing rustle of folding and refolding newspaper . |
10 | The second task was to stand on some planks of wood which had been set out in a hexagon . |