Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I set up a great screaming to attract his attention . |
| 2 | So I set up a little deception plan , charged my credit cards to the limit and smuggled Mary-Claude and the children out to Europe . |
| 3 | One hesitates over publicising these things for fear of sparking imitations , but you 're going to read about it somewhere so it might as well be here — over the past few weeks it has become clear that setting up telescopes to watch people tapping their numbers into automatic teller machines and then scavenging for discarded receipts bearing the account number is a really outdated way of defrauding banks and their customers — these days , you set up a bogus teller machine of your own and record the card details as the customer keys in the number : in the latest instance , a gang in Manchester , Connecticut set up a mobile teller machine in the Buckland Hills Mall Associated Press reports , sabotaged the other machines in the shopping mall to encourage people to use it , and later wheeled the machine away and debriefed it on all its card secrets , using the data to make up counterfeit cards which were subsequently used to withdraw cash from the accounts in the New York area ; moral — stick to machines you know . |
| 4 | ‘ Now , if you set up a decent practice , somewhere in Belgravia , instead of this … slum , you could come and treat me . |
| 5 | We set up a Small Self-Administered Scheme with a £50,000 contribution which cut our tax bill by £12,500 , bought the machinery with a £25,000 from the pension fund and the loan repayments go back into our fund to increase our pensions . |
| 6 | Said Len Brealey : ‘ The plain facts are that after Mr Woolhouse failed to reach payment in an original contract we set up a new agreement . |
| 7 | Following the very worthwhile discussion at the seminar we set up a Working Party to explore the main issues of concern and to suggest practical guidelines and recommendations for implementation . |
| 8 | The likeliest place for the specks to get into the product was in the ‘ Fluon ’ finishing Room so we set up a multi-disciplinary CAT of operators , supervisors , QC , QA and maintenance personnel headed by Finishing Room manager Jim Fairhurst . |
| 9 | Maybe if we set up a few committees , something will happen . ’ |
| 10 | We set up a national network of consumer advice centres : the Government closed them down . |
| 11 | Paul was an apprentice electrician at Watneys brewery in Mortlake so he brought some barrels of beer along and we set up a proper bar . |
| 12 | In Chapter 6 we set out a dual-route model of reading aloud , distinguishing between a lexical procedure and a non-lexical procedure for converting print to speech . |
| 13 | That is why in this manifesto we set out a clear analysis of Britain 's problems and our proposals for putting them right . |
| 14 | ‘ We set about a vigorous reconstruction programme supported by the ICI Group . |
| 15 | Mr Bob Patterson , treasurer of Stockton council , said : ‘ We set aside a certain sum each year for concessionary fares which we then share out among the bus companies . |
| 16 | They set up a wholly-owned subsidiary called Information Products , which is now in discussion with an outside venture capital company which will take a major shareholding . |
| 17 | They set up a traditional Scout camp , to give the children a break from the harsh conditions of their day to day existence . |
| 18 | They set up a new organisation called the Sub-Tenants ' Committee , which would campaign ‘ not on political but on humanitarian grounds ’ . |
| 19 | In December they set up a new one to consider moving the capital . |
| 20 | However , some management education is provided in technical colleges which are not associated with RMCs and , somewhat concerned lest their work and status be eclipsed by nearby RMCs , they set up a separate pressure group in the form of the United Kingdom Standing Conference of Management Heads ( UKSC ) . |
| 21 | There they set up a rear headquarters and resupply dump . |
| 22 | Elite theorists rarely construct their own analysis of input processes from a blank canvas ; rather , they set up a pluralist ( or Marxist ) story , frequently a straw man , which they proceed to contrast with the darker side of liberal democratic politics ( and the impossibility of seriously reforming it ) . |
| 23 | It was not until 1988 that they set out a detailed strategy for carrying out a series of experiments to confirm their preliminary observations that nuclear fusion may be possible at room temperature inside metals . |