Example sentences of "set he up " in BNC.

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1 Charlie was sensitive about having false teeth at thirty — why had n't all that wartime milk and orange juice set him up for life as it had his contemporaries ? — but he did n't mind Jack knowing .
2 It was well known that the foreman and the shop steward in question were always in dispute , and it appeared to the majority that the foreman had , in fact , set him up to get rid of him and to settle an old account .
3 It set him up for next year , I 'm sure .
4 But Tony 's sparkling form at England B level is sure to give him the left wing spot and set him up for the Test against Canada on October 17 .
5 The client set him up in his own office , with a Stock Exchange Automated Quotations ( SEAQ ) screen and access to all the financial press .
6 When it became obvious that he would not be successful he decided to train as a pharmacist and father set him up in business . ’
7 Mr Anderson therefore gave him the Hailing Ferry in perpetuity and set him up in a shed selling chandlery to the barge owners .
8 She 's totally loyal to Charles , absolutely discreet and sees it as part of her duty to provide Charles with those emotional satisfactions which set him up . ’
9 A magistrate who 's on trial for attempting to gas his former wife has told a court that she set him up .
10 That came nine minutes from time when Steve Thornber scored with his shin after sub John Williams set him up as Swansea caught Pool on the counter-attack .
11 They are , set him up again .
12 His wife set him up cos he he 's always the one
13 I goes , I du n no , but he was by himself so I set him up .
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