Example sentences of "have set [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A convoy of vintage Rolls-Royce cars has set out on a nostalgic journey . |
| 2 | You 've set up as a designer in your own right , Gary ! ’ |
| 3 | Violette had set up as a paper restorer , an arcane occupation which took precise scientific skill but involved her in outlandish escapades with police and businessmen or lawyers . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's terrible that all these quacks can come along without proper qualifications , ’ Lipsky complained , forgetting that he himself had set up as a dentist without qualifications , there being as yet no legal requirement for special training as there was for doctors . |
| 5 | Jake , by contrast , quite independently of his father , who had also made his fortune in the building industry , had set up as a building contractor on his own . |
| 6 | Headed by Iqbal Riza , a Pakistani UN political officer , and Philippe Texier , a French senior appellate court judge , this was the first mission of its type the UN had set up inside a member country [ see p. 38187 ] . |
| 7 | Sheriff Principal Robert Hay was told how Mr Watts , of Preston , Lancs , had set out on a week-end jaunt on the fatal day . |
| 8 | But J. S. Middleton , the Labour Party General Secretary , had set out in a series of published letters to Harry Pollitt , the Communist secretary , the arguments against allowing Communist affiliation : they were largely based upon the fact that the Communists adhered to the Communist International , based in Moscow , and were bound to obey its orders . |
| 9 | They had set off on a sunny morning to paddle their canoes a short distance along the Dorset coastline from the St Albans Centre , Lyme Regis . |
| 10 | I recently bought a 4ft aquarium , which I have set up as a community tank . |
| 11 | Even in Wales , where gloom and doom should have been the order of the next year or two , the clubs have set off in a style which has brought , instead , a nervous smile or two . |
| 12 | I have set out below a brief paragraph in respect of each question which you could use in your replies , however I would be grateful if you would qualify any replies to indicate that these are general answers and that any specific queries on individual cases should be referred to the Council Tax Section at Chesser House or myself . |
| 13 | The Football Supporters Association have set out on a project to democratise the game , taking control of the clubs and institutions that so ruthlessly exploit their support . |