Example sentences of "set up shop " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the age of 22 he set up shop in Sweeting 's Alley , which was near the Royal Exchange . |
| 2 | A former financial analyst with Ford , Mr Power set up shop in 1968 . |
| 3 | It was during this period that a young buyer for Adidas based in Liverpool ( but originally from Yorkshire ) set up shop in a small back-street in Liverpool City Centre . |
| 4 | PEARS : Andrew Pears , son of a Cornish farmer , set up shop as a hairdresser in Soho in 1789 and began developing a more gentle soap than the harsh ones then used . |
| 5 | As we looked around the store , Reid explained to me , ‘ Johnson worked on a pearling lugger , stashed a bit of money away , looked around for the healthiest woman on the island , married her and set up shop . |
| 6 | When Ernest set up shop as a photographer , she had gone to work as his assistant and their friendship blossomed into romance . |
| 7 | He set up shop as a publisher and on 26 August 1594 married Jayne Vrique ; a son , Isaac , was baptized on 19 April 1595 ; three other children , Thomas , Joan , and Alice , figure in his will . |
| 8 | The magazine was launched ceremoniously and seven weeks later was scuppered in as blatant an act of back-stabbing as Fleet Street has seen since Sweeney Todd set up shop there . |
| 9 | COURTAULDS has given a local school a leg up the business ladder by helping them ‘ set up shop ’ as scientific equipment suppliers . |