Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were set up with drinks , Pyke said , ‘ Tell me about yourself . ’ |
| 2 | The king agreed to most of the measures demanded by the commons , and a council was set up with Archbishop Stratford and the Earl of Huntingdon acting as chief councillors , assisted by the Earls of Lancaster and Warenne . |
| 3 | Motability was set up with government backing in 1977 with the aim of helping disabled people to use their mobility allowances to achieve greater value for money . |
| 4 | It was set up with funds from leading venture capitalists Schroders , Apax and 3i . |
| 5 | In 1988 the team management was set up with John Sturgeon , an austere West Coaster as manager ; Alex Wyllie as coach ; John Mayhew as doctor and David Abercrombie as physiotherapist . |
| 6 | GE is headed by former environment minister Brice Lalonde and was set up with Mitterrand 's encouragement , but Lalonde has increasingly distanced himself from the government in recent months , criticizing Socialist policy on the environment . |
| 7 | His table was set out with batches of proof sheets clipped together , the ashtray was full of stubs , and there was a cup half full of coffee which looked as though it had gone cold hours before . |