Example sentences of "was set [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the most entertaining tale came late afternoon , with anonymous telephone calls stating that a nosey employee of Marks & Spencer ( down 1 at 329p ) having been called in to deputy chairman Clinton Silver 's office , saw a piece of paper suggesting the retailer was set to bid the debt-laden supermarket group , Asda ( off ½ at 31p ) . |
| 2 | The wedding was set to give the royals their best publicity of the year . |
| 3 | The veteran Shankill councillor was set to become the first outgoing Lord Mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected . |
| 4 | LEICESTER City chairman Brian George yesterday dismissed growing speculation that former Darlington boss Brian Little was set to become the new mannager at Sunderland . |
| 5 | Columbia Pictures was set to premiere the 15 million movie at Christmas — but claim it wo n't be ready in time . |
| 6 | The tow was made fast , and paid out enough to keep the casualty synchronised on the second wave astern of the lifeboat , before a course was set to clear The Lizard . |
| 7 | An absurdly large raft of congressmen and senators was set to question the witnesses , sitting on a specially constructed double dais draped with burgundy cloth ; none wished to drop out of the committees and forfeit a screen appearance . |