Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to set [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volunteers were sought to set up the tables . |
| 2 | Watkins believed that natural markers were used to set out the ley system . |
| 3 | It was decided to set up the PMIS as part of an " on-line " system ( directly connected to the computer ) using a computer terminal for input and output . |
| 4 | An effort was made to set up the stud in a more favoured , not to say more conventional , site in the foothills of the Nilgiris . |
| 5 | I said we was sent to set up the seating and the pulpit . ’ |