Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] set [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so it 's a bit trying to set up a system |
| 2 | If a husband wishes to set up his own business , his wife should think through the implications of having her husband at home all day , if she is at home too . |
| 3 | It does seem unfair that a wheatear or pipit , having survived all the dangers of migration , should arrive home to find a merlin has set up house in its territory ! |
| 4 | A company has set up fair value provisions for the reorganisation costs of a subsidiary it acquired last year . |
| 5 | A company has set up recently in Crossaig , Strathclyde for instance that makes use of the ISDN system to distribute abstracts from medical journals to its customers . |
| 6 | A thaw has set in and clerk of the course Ian Renton reports racing will definitely go ahead . |
| 7 | Detectives hunting the killer of a prostitute have set up a telephone hot-line for women who work in a city 's red light area . |
| 8 | We were made welcome by the teachers , provided with a floor to sleep on , and within an hour had set off into the forest to look for wild cocoa . |