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 . |