Example sentences of "they set [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They set up the first important theatre in Prague in the Clementinum with the Czech language as its medium . |
| 2 | When the Countryside Commission received a bequest of over £300,000 they set up the Countryside Trust which is being used to make grants to assist fundraising for projects . |
| 3 | As they set up the now empty suit with its back to the door , half slumped over a control panel , he settled down behind the curtained entrance of the showers . |
| 4 | They set up the mills to husk the rice and charter the ships to transport it to the best markets — then sit back . |
| 5 | It is true that they set up the great caring institutions for the poor , the handicapped and the sick — forerunners of the welfare state . |
| 6 | They set up the pageant in a village street , and not one cottager came out to greet them . |
| 7 | During certain ten-minute intervals in her parents ' front room , while they set out the filthy plates for dinner , I have achieved much … |
| 8 | Retreating from press and other media distractions , they set about the search for the single . |
| 9 | Accordingly , they set about the task of reforming the religious and cultural life of the English localities with a vengeance . |
| 10 | When they set off the following year on a tour of Australia and New Zealand , William , as well as two nannies and acres of baggage , went too . |