Example sentences of "in [num] he set [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 In the 1860s Spence became interested in copper smelting , and in 1866 he set up a company in Gode to develop his ideas .
2 He could easily be presented as a modest example of Samuel Smiles 's self-help — the illegitimate son of a farm-servant and a weaver , totally lacking in formal education , who advanced from Oldham textile-worker to foreman in an engineering works , until in 1861 he set up independently as a dentist , dying worth almost £15,000 , which was by no means negligible : a lifelong radical Liberal and temperance advocate .
3 In 1867 he set off again , this time for Vietnam , and from there to Hong Kong .
4 In 1834 he set up on his own in London as a general chemical manufacturer .
5 Joe Meek moved to North London and in 1960 he set up his own recording studios above a leather shop , where he produced dozens of hits …
6 Fothergill was a doctor and in 1740 he set up a practice in White Hart Street very near the Collinson establishment and flowers from Peckham might well have adorned yet another house in the City .
7 In 1847 he set up his own practice in Truro and designed the Old Rectory when he was only twenty-four years old .
8 In 1961 he set up a working group , in the Ministry , ‘ to study the long term development of roads and traffic in urban areas and their influence on the urban environment ’ ; the leader was Colin Buchanan .
9 In 1880 he set up the Art Furnishers ' Alliance at Bond Street to sell ‘ artistic house furnishing material ’ .
10 When he left the Kunstgewerbeschule in 1936 he set up in Zurich as a freelance photograph , a job he fitted in between the traditional periods of military service compulsory in Switzerland , then worked for a year in the famous magazine Graphics .
11 When Eligius became bishop of Noyon in 641 he set out to find the bones of the martyr Quentin .
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