Example sentences of "be set [adv prt] by [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was set up by three sisters with funds from their family 's whisky business . |
| 2 | DSD was set up by 600 enterprises in response to legislation requiring industry to collect and recycle the packaging it produces . |
| 3 | In May 1835 , the relieving officer of the new Chailey Union was set on by thirty men in Ringmer , demanding ‘ money or blood ’ ; they got their relief in cash instead of the food tickets he offered . |
| 4 | The thirty five year old man was set on by four youths after he accidently bumped into them . |
| 5 | In theory , it was set off by two boys who stole a can of soft drink from a third boy . |
| 6 | Now according to forensic it looks as if the explosion was set off by two sticks of gelignite and a couple of detonators trapped under the table and wired into the lamp that stood , as it were , beside the chairman 's right hand . |