Example sentences of "[was/were] set [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was a long break as the cameras were set up for the dramatic shot over Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder . |
| 2 | The taxi driver who left us at the station , enchanted by the idea that we were setting off for the source of the Nile , refused to accept any fare . |
| 3 | A MOTHER has condemned thieves who stole the wheels off the family car just before her cancer victim daughter was to set off for a hospital check up . |
| 4 | ‘ Zoo Check ’ was set up for a number of reasons , here are its six aims : |
| 5 | A Central Management Committee was set up for the Government legal service and , as senior Government lawyer , it fell to Ware to be chairman of this and to become head of the parallel Legal Career Service . |
| 6 | A disaster fund was set up for the widows and orphans and they were reasonably well provided for financially , although the sums they received seem very small by today 's standards of compensation and value of money . |
| 7 | The residency was set up for the Oxfordshire Area Health Authority by the City Gallery Arts Trust |
| 8 | A new Quality Performance system was set up for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to work harder and become a key performer . |
| 9 | We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee . |
| 10 | The Bookish Portfolio , comprising shares in companies in the book business , was set up for The Bookseller in December 1981 , and liquidated last autumn . |
| 11 | It was set up for the administrative convenience of the London banks and the defendant and has been used principally in connection with the buying and selling of stocks and shares on the London market . |
| 12 | The one-year , part-time Certificate was set up for the first time in 1983. it was , and still is , aimed at developing professional competence in language teachers in adult education mainly on a pre-service and , in a more limited way , in-service basis . |
| 13 | Another man in another village was setting off for the fields , his hoe over his shoulder . |