Example sentences of "his [noun] set [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A typical occasion was when Thornton used his contacts to set up a meeting between the paper and the trade-union-sponsored Unity Bank to borrow £10,000 to keep things going for now , and to test the water for the millions of pounds that would be needed in the future . |
| 2 | His words set up a buzz in Sylvie 's mind . |
| 3 | To her horror , his words set off a ripple of excitement within her , and she felt a betraying warmth flood her cheeks . |
| 4 | The glitter in his eyes set off a jangling alarm in her mind . |
| 5 | There was , however , some sympathy for the applicant in his desire to set up a viable farming unit . |
| 6 | So far , his efforts to set up a maintenance fund for Bemersyde have met with limited success . |
| 7 | This summary and climax of God 's covenant-agreement with his people sets out a basic ethical norm applicable to all men in all ages ( since they are in fact the " Maker 's instructions " ) . |
| 8 | Two years later he returned home to help his father set up a nursery , but the venture was unsuccessful . |
| 9 | Lord Grubb was an ancient hereditary peer who kept up eagerly with the times and was trying at the moment to unlock his capital to set up a chain of waffle shops . |
| 10 | The Presbyterian ministers who occupied most of the Church 's livings , however , even before his arrival set up a committee to draw up a list of the objectionable features in his works ; their report , which condemned him as a heretic for denying Original Sin , was sent to the King . |
| 11 | Wanted in Bolivia on murder charges brought as a result of the coup in July 1980 , Arce had allegedly used his position to set up a cocaine racket . |
| 12 | In 1951 , during the period of the Vietnamese uprising against the French colonial rule , he walked through his country 's rich tropical forests to China , where he and his colleagues set up a temporary university . |