Example sentences of "[pers pn] set on " in BNC.

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1 To test this claim we set on John .
2 Massively symbolized by the uniform itself , as Douglas ( 1973 : 16 ) indicates , this obsession tends to focus on the body , for ‘ the more value people set on social constraints , the more value they set on symbols of bodily control ’ .
3 Instead of measuring the proportion of radiocarbon indirectly by detecting radiation , they set on quantifying the number of carbon-14 atoms in a given specimen .
4 Set in the Depression era , in a dusty southern mill town , Ms Amelia ( Vanessa Redgrave ) is an eccentric store owner , whose unconsummated marriage to local bad boy Marvin Macy ( Keith Carradine ) , has him set on revenge against her .
5 They set on a big conveyor belt .
6 She just does n't like she had it set on Saturday , it looked alright
7 The standards it sets on promotion are lower even than Britain 's .
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