Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv] the " in BNC.
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1 | While the mechanics were setting up the cars , she thought she 'd go outside into one of the empty stands to try to find a breath of wind , anything rather than standing in the back of the pits in the high humidity which made her skin glow . |
2 | The swimmers and sunbathers had all gone , getting ready for dinner , and the groundsmen were setting up the tables and lighting the barbecue . |
3 | And as I said , I spoke to the supervisor , switchboard supervisor , Di Combes , when we were setting up the course , and asked her what sort of things she would like to put across at a course like this which would make the switchboard 's job easier . |
4 | The task was to set up the office , get a system going to deal with the fan mail , gifts and general correspondence , liaise with dress designers and process the requests for patronages as they came in . |
5 | One of the first steps taken was to set up the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme ( EMEP ) to measure emissions and deposition of sulphur and nitrogen oxides in Europe . |
6 | Believing that artisans should be well housed , his last initiative was to set up the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Villages in 1884 . |
7 | It was decided that Wordsworth should write the first book or canto of the tale , Coleridge the second , ‘ and which ever had done first , was to set about the third ’ . |
8 | When the House of Lords rejected the Budget proposals of the Liberal government in 1909 , the response of that government was to set about the emasculation of the House of Lords . |
9 | They had to carry a table out with them , which was set up the required ten metres from the shed wall , and the pistols were laid out , and the targets pinned up . |
10 | In the Joint Committee that was set up the conflict was , in Hanrott 's words , ‘ played cool ’ , but it was conflict nevertheless . |
11 | In it was set down the ‘ The Fundamental Purpose Of The United States ’ and ‘ The Fundamental Design Of The Kremlin' together with their ‘ Underlying Conflict In The Realm Of Ideas And Values ’ . |
12 | This downhill was set down the long-established OK course from Bellewarde to La Daille ; the two in February will be on the new Olympic piste carved down the precipitate north-east face on to the very heart of the village . |
13 | She paddled in the shallow water for a few moments before joining Stephen where he was setting up the barbecue in a shaded spot . |
14 | you were asked a few questions about the contingency fund , was setting up the contingency fund , had it got any connection at all with the Daily Telegraph article ? |
15 | Every Saturday morning , while I was setting up the barrow , Mr Salmon used to disappear off to the Whitechapel synagogue leaving his wife to run the shop . |
16 | ‘ When I was setting up the Fine Chemicals Manufacturing Organization [ FCMO ] in the early '80s , there was no doubt quality was the main way to compete more effectivey and raise performance . |