Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] set [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Mark Blunt and David Wilson set up the Chester-le-Street win despite a 5–49 return from Mark Storey .
2 The old pals reunion at White Hart Lane … that 's Spurs v Swindon finished as it started all square … former Town favourite David Kerslake set up the Spurs goal for Jason Dozzell … and then another old County Ground hero Colin Calderwood went and gave away a penalty … it looked like a handball at first but Calderwood was guilty of pushing …
3 A century from professional Raman Lamba set up the total of for two with Sam Gilliland making an unbeaten 74 .
4 Mr Lang set up the working party in March 1991 after the Government rejected calls for national parks in Scotland .
5 In 1974 , for example , we learned that ‘ For the first time in a century and a half , since the great Tory reformer Robert Peel set up the Metropolitan police areas of our cities are becoming unsafe for peaceful citizens by night , and some even by day ’ — from no less an authority than that great Tory reformer Sir Keith Joseph .
6 In a statement Mr Patten set out the place of sex education in society and the vital importance of teaching the teaching of moral values .
7 The original church here was taken over as a convent church when San Carlo Borromeo set up the convent for girls who had been orphaned by the plague .
8 Stephen Wheatcroft set out the case for airline deregulation in the November — December issue of TRANSPORT .
9 Julian Williams set up the ruck , and Stephens sent Nigel Davies over , Stephens converting .
10 Julian Williams set up the ruck , and Stephens sent Nigel Davies over , Stephens converting .
11 But the Mobbs had a panic button in the house , and Mrs Mobbs set off the alarm .
12 While Auntie Lou set out the food , he sat on a flat rock to recover and talked about the old days .
13 Steve and Joanne de Nobriga set up the refuge in mid-1989 .
14 At a recent conference in London industrial guru Sir John Harvey Jones set out the reasons why .
15 In December Secretary Paget set out the position with gloomy — and inaccurate figures .
16 ‘ This has the making of becoming the biggest bureaucratic complexity since Lord Woolton set up the rationing system , ’ BR chairman Sir Bob Reid wrote after the white paper was published .
17 Isaac and Austin Copley set up the rail users group over 2 years ago to complain about poor service on the Banbury London line .
18 The Lions eased away after the anticipated all-action start from North Harbour and a 70-yard touch kick by Rob Andrew set up the first score in the ninth minute .
19 In 1988 , some time before the USSR began to crumble , Martyn Assirati set up the Russian Wine Company in London and travelled east to see what he could find .
20 Greg Costello set up the Shelbourne victory with a 25th minute goal and further scores from Brian Mooney and Antonio Izzi in the second half closed out Karpaty .
21 In 1904 Tansley and William Smith set up the Committee for the Survey and Study of British Vegetation , later known as the British Vegetation Committee .
22 HENRY WHARTON set up the biggest fight in Yorkshire for years when he successfully defended his Commonwealth super-middleweight title by stopping Australian Rod Carr in eight rounds at Leeds Town Hall on Wednesday .
23 John Rose set up the famous porcelain factory at Coalport in 1785 , and it became noted for the fine quality of its decoration and lavish gilding .
24 When John Moores set up the first Littlewoods catalogue in 1932 , housewives ' shopping clubs were all the rage .
25 He helped Henry Ford set up the huge factory at Willow Run where B-24s were to be mass-produced .
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