Example sentences of "he [was/were] set [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These ceremonies set the Church 's seal on the election , symbolized that the king was God ‘ s choice as well as man 's , and that he was set apart for the work . |
| 2 | He was set up as the triggerman for the massacre by those forces inside President F.W. de Klerk 's administration determined to hang on to white power at all costs . |
| 3 | They said they would follow later , perhaps , once he was set up in America . |
| 4 | A BRITISH man has pleaded guilty in Thailand to charges of heroin trafficking , saying he has no hope of proving he was set up by drug smugglers . |
| 5 | Police believe he was set up by Jim Craig , who ran the UDA 's multi-million pound a year extortion rackets . |