Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Believing that artisans should be well housed , his last initiative was to set up the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Villages in 1884 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In the Joint Committee that was set up the conflict was , in Hanrott 's words , ‘ played cool ’ , but it was conflict nevertheless . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She paddled in the shallow water for a few moments before joining Stephen where he was setting up the barbecue in a shaded spot . |