Example sentences of "setting up [prep] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Setting up on his own six years later to provide a service for companies recruiting people in this field , he charged a $200 non-returnable retainer , which was subsequently deducted from his commission : 5% of the successful candidate 's first year 's salary . |
| 2 | Stuart stayed only ten months before setting up on his own in 1956 . |
| 3 | also worked in the Sisson workshop before setting up on his own almost next door in 1745 . |
| 4 | He had also , ten years ago or more , worked for Grunt 's Garages before setting up on his own as a builder/developer . |
| 5 | A young Cornish shoemaker married at the time he was setting up on his own : " his wife 's immediate fortune was ten pounds — a sum to him at that time , of great importance " . |