Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] had set [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Russell had set up the monitor when Belinda returned . |
| 2 | The Rose-Noelle was well-equipped as Mr Glennie had set off to start a new life cruising the South Pacific . |
| 3 | Agreeing that the cakes should be protected , Mr Pinkney had set up a sort of crêpe paper barrier along the front of the display . |
| 4 | Lord Justice Watkins , sitting with Mr Justice Garland , also rejected criticism made by Mr Justice Henry at an earlier hearing that Mr Saunders had set up a trust fund to render himself less likely to face litigation and reduce his ability to pay legal costs . |
| 5 | The current US policy toward Cambodia had its roots in the late 1970s when President Carter had set aside concerns over the appalling human rights record while in power of the Khmers Rouges in order to maintain friendly relations with China , the principal patron of the Khmers Rouges . |
| 6 | Sam Reed had set up two of the goals and in the second half it was his cross that led to Grant 's second goal . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I brought her the tray Mrs Porter had set out for her in the kitchen . |
| 8 | De Rose had set about it by gathering together some sixty top pilots , a sparkling galaxy of stars , many of them banded together in the famous ‘ Groupe des Cigognes ( Storks ) . ’ |
| 9 | Yet by March the next year , Brian Courtenay had set up his mistress in the luxury love nest that would help to empty the family coffers . |
| 10 | Before Father Kendrick had set off for his new city parish — racial mix , boys ' club , mothers ' union , young people 's fellowship ; the proper challenge for a mildly high-church , ambitious young priest with one eye on a mitre — he had had a brief word about Beryl McBride . |
| 11 | On coming ashore Charles Newman had set up his headquarters near the bridge ( 'G' ) across the lock leading from the Entrance . |
| 12 | A sole practitioner , Mark Ledger , was brought in to head up the Salisbury office , which Ms Harris had set up prior to the merger ; the new firm set up an insolvency department under Geoffrey Morgan ; and 18 months later another sole practitioner , Philip Parmenter , was brought in to set up another office in Witney , Oxfordshire . |
| 13 | The Automobile Association was established on 26 June 1905 , a few months after Charles Jarrott and William Letts had set up a warning system to advise motorists of police speed traps on some sections of the London to Brighton road . |
| 14 | In 1891 , in an essay called ‘ The moral philosopher and the moral life ’ , William James had set out the essence of the realist 's case . |
| 15 | During his 17 years in Sao Paulo Arns had set up grassroots organizations dealing with social issues affecting the poor , including human rights and problems with the police . |
| 16 | By the early part of the 20th century , milling on such a scale had become concentrated in two main mills , the Albert Mills ( which James Reynolds had set up in the Albert Warehouse in 1869 ) and the City Flour Mills , described in 1906 as ‘ large and well equipped , having adopted the roller system at an early date ’ . |
| 17 | Other units rapidly followed establishing British control over the main lines of communication throughout most of Carinthia and by 10 May Gen Keightley had set up his 5 Corps HQ near Klagenfurt . |
| 18 | By 1991 , Leeds LEA had set up services and procedures to guide and support schools in these novel areas of activity , and there was no shortage of advice from other sources . |