Example sentences of "were [adv] set up [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The Moroccan restaurants that I tried were obviously set up for tourists .
2 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 .
3 They were also set up as a way of avoiding off-site referral .
4 The bronzes were later set up in the Porticus Metelli , the first secular building in Rome specifically intended for the display of booty .
5 Communication channels were immediately set up between the site , Melbourne , Port Moresby and London .
6 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 .
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