Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] set [adv prt] a " in BNC.

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1 They asked me to set up a buffet for a press launch , then they said it was for me ! ’
2 Again Ted demurred , but the Parliamentary Party 's unease over the procedure for new leadership elections caused him to set up a review committee under Alec Home .
3 She wanted to be held by him , and as the sad , poignant music began it set up a yearning inside of her that she did n't know how to dispel .
4 The court heard he set up a bank account with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Darlington in the name of Momen Garawand and then used cheque books to spend almost £6,500 .
5 Maxim had them set up a few yards away , thanked the boys gravely , and they sat down .
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