Example sentences of "he was set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost as if , having proclaimed himself paralytic in court , he was setting about proving it over and over again . |
| 2 | March , the Secretary of State told me in a parliamentary answer that he was setting in train a new procedure for the appointment of a successor to Eric Bolton . |
| 3 | Whatever his standing with Catholics ( and for a short time it was high ) , he was set on a collision course with the representatives of traditional unionism and with no representative more so than Ian R. K. Paisley . |
| 4 | He was set on sweepin' me off me feet and doin' me wrong . |
| 5 | Jacob loved Rachel for whom he was set to work for seven years , but was then tricked into marrying the older sister , Leah , first , and working a further seven years for the greatly desired Rachel . |
| 6 | Mr George Daszczuk was pinned to the ground and mauled for 15 minutes as he was set upon by the two dogs , which had chewed their way through the wooden door of a garage they were guarding . |
| 7 | Other stories of bystanders who suffered included that of a man going home from his work in a bookmaker 's shop in the Waterside when he was set upon and batoned . |
| 8 | Walking home from his job one payday , he was set upon by two young men who hit him with a stick , pushed him to the ground and seized his meagre wages . |
| 9 | There he was set upon by three hefty roughs . |
| 10 | Merton 's early Edinburgh appearances read as a catalogue of disasters : one year he was set upon by a gang of burly Scottish lads when seeking to compete in the poster wars engulfing the festival , and another year he was rushed to hospital after only one show , having broken a leg in an intercomedian football friendly . |
| 11 | when he was set upon outside The Steam Train pub in Cheney Manor road . |
| 12 | Stefan Kiszko , the man who was cleared of the murder of eleven-year-old Lesley Molseed has told how he was set upon by inmates when he first arrived in jail . |
| 13 | He was returning from a night out celebrating his first wage packet after nine months on the dole when he was set upon at Didcot Parkway Railway Station . |
| 14 | When the estate 's then owner , James Tyrell , decided on a new house and gardens in 1734 , he was set upon having the latest fashion . |
| 15 | He 'd been walking home after celebrating starting a new job after nine months on the dole when he was set upon . |
| 16 | ‘ He was set upon by a police officer who simply wanted to speak to him but had no right in law and the appellant had the right to resist him , ’ said Mr Macdonald . |
| 17 | On the way he was set upon by five German planes . |
| 18 | He was set upon and punched as he walked near the park 's tennis courts and the robbers made off with his wallet and jacket . |