Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] set [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he stood there watching until the little car had disappeared , as though Ellen were setting off on a long and dangerous journey from which she might never return . |
| 2 | The SPSG was set up on 1 September 1986 to promote studies related to science policy in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | After my four days Ken was to set off on his own curtailed family holiday . |
| 4 | A parliamentary commission of inquiry into arms sales to Iran was set up on Sept. 27 and its report , presented on April 2 , 1990 ( without SPÖ agreement ) , contained serious criticism of senior politicians and of the Voest-Alpine group 's decision to manufacture howitzers and other weapons . |
| 5 | In 1962 ELDO was set up on this basis — with the L standing for launcher . |