Example sentences of "were [adv] set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got the pleasure of farming , and the losses were merely set off against er |
| 2 | The Moroccan restaurants that I tried were obviously set up for tourists . |
| 3 | The basic aims were already set out in the original Treaty of Rome ( 1957 ) establishing the European Economic Community . |
| 4 | Such relative positions were clearly set out for me in chains of metaphoric relevance , with ‘ real polises ’ largely symbolized by the use of the body and its social and physical space . |
| 5 | Stones were also set up along the Great North Road in 1708 , but the first true milestone to be set up in Britain since Roman times was that at Trumpington , just outside Cambridge , in 1727 , where it is still to be seen . |
| 6 | They were also set up as a way of avoiding off-site referral . |
| 7 | The bronzes were later set up in the Porticus Metelli , the first secular building in Rome specifically intended for the display of booty . |
| 8 | Communication channels were immediately set up between the site , Melbourne , Port Moresby and London . |
| 9 | She looked as if she were about to set off for a provincial cocktail party , an office party of female executives . |
| 10 | Well , it happened that Maureen and Aubrey were about to set off on a round-Britain motoring holiday . |
| 11 | He showed us his collection of guns , taking them down from their racks and handing them out to us as if we were about to set off on some dangerous mission . |
| 12 | Christian roadblocks were therefore set up at the eastern end of the Ring motorway and the first 40 Muslim men to arrive at the Christian checkpoint , some of them travelling with their wives and children in their family cars to homes in east Beirut , were taken beneath the overpass and had their throats cut . |