Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to set [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the department of Health was swayed rather more than it should have been by that lobby , because the sort of service that was intended to set up in Camberwell has not yet been set up . |
| 2 | I have a four foot tank which I was going to set up for Malawis , however , with the above in mind , what would you consider the best course of action : |
| 3 | He was going to set up in London . |
| 4 | It was a suspiciously long letter for someone who seldom wrote any , and when Rain was waiting to set off for the office he was still tapping away at it . |
| 5 | TDS.3 was asked to set about considering a means of taking a Jeep ( 3,000lb ) or even a Valentine tank ( 14 tons ! ) into battle under a detachable rotorhead ! |
| 6 | Other older husbands and wives had adapted their work ( by changing jobs ) to help a son who was trying to set up in farming . |
| 7 | A company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( p 114 ) . |
| 8 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal has decided that a company acted reasonably in dismissing its managing director after discovering that , along with another manager , he was planning to set up in competition with the company and take on the business of its best customer ( see Marshall v Industrial Systems and Control Ltd [ 1992 ] IRLR 294 ) . |