Example sentences of "[verb] to set foot [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't eat , could n't concentrate on her work , could n't do anything except wander round and round the drawing-room , frightened to set foot outside the door in case she bumped straight into Julius . |
| 2 | Deacon Palmer was a golf professional-cum-greenkeeper at Latrobe , near Pittsburgh , and he would never presume to set foot inside the clubhouse unless specifically invited by a member . |
| 3 | " They are good women " , Martha said , " but I 'm not going to set foot in the place while that 's going on . |
| 4 | ‘ That I was n't meant to set foot outside the house and grounds ? ’ |
| 5 | Character dance like demi-caractère dance had its beginnings in La Fille Mal Gardée when farmers and peasants were first allowed to set foot on the Royal and Imperial stages , which had hitherto been the home of gods and goddesses or noble and well-born heroes and heroines . |