Example sentences of "he [vb past] set up a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 On Nov. 23 former Vice-President Oginga Odinga announced that he planned to set up a political party , saying that an open political process was necessary to wipe out " political hooliganism and thuggery " .
2 Prosecution witness Isham Chandra Dutta said he agreed to set up a dummy gems company in Bombay , for a £20,000 fee , which included a mail message centre with false letterheads and invoices .
3 By 1780 John Browne could make one of the principal virtues of the expensive academy for gentlemen 's sons that he proposed to set up a total absence of corporal punishment .
4 Since leaving in March , he had set up a private school in St. Peter 's Parsonage , with about sixty pupils from his old school .
5 He had set up a 10-strong Renewable Energy Advisory Group ( REAG ) .
6 Not marrying , he had set up a small business in specialised agricultural machinery — which had gone bust in 1975 .
7 Thus provided with capital and having gained almost a decade of experience in the iron industry , he resolved to set up a similar ironworks with the assistance of his two elder sons , John and Archibald .
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