Example sentences of "he [was/were] setting [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his inaugural speech as president , Nyerere announced that he was setting up an entirely new ministry , that of National Culture and Youth . |
| 2 | She paddled in the shallow water for a few moments before joining Stephen where he was setting up the barbecue in a shaded spot . |
| 3 | A young Cornish shoemaker married at the time he was setting up on his own : " his wife 's immediate fortune was ten pounds — a sum to him at that time , of great importance " . |
| 4 | Tite wanted him for the special unit he was setting up . ’ |
| 5 | Travis asked from the fire , where he was setting up a pan of water . |
| 6 | Pearce and Duvall were blurred figures beside the wreck , distinguishable only in that Duvall was carrying the paraffin containers , which he was setting down on the pavement . |
| 7 | If he was setting out to find out more about her , she could certainly do with knowing a little more about him , and her chances were at least as good as his . |
| 8 | Apparently he was setting out to grow whiskers of the latest fashion , for his lips were carefully shaved . |
| 9 | According to Goscelin 's account of the translation of the relics of St Mildred from Thanet to St Augustine 's Canterbury , written in the late eleventh century , Cnut went to Canterbury as he was setting out for Rome and promised that he would allow the translation if he returned safely . |