Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] set [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
| 2 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 3 | ‘ I remember when I first set eyes on you at that cocktail party and I thought , In spite of her dark flowing hair and her Mediterranean beauty she has a bite about her that can only be British . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've wanted to make love to you since I first set eyes on you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you . |
| 6 | God had answered that prayer , and taught her that the people had their own ministry to offer in return from the time she first set foot on African soil . |
| 7 | Was he even now locked up in some prison cell to become once again the unkempt figure he had been when she first set eyes on him ? |
| 8 | They first set eyes on the house which was to be ‘ home ’ for the rest of Jack 's life on 7 July 1930 . |
| 9 | When he first set foot in Adam 's Creek he used to think they were snakes or lizards , some kind of reptile anyway . |
| 10 | Here 's the flight of steps and the balustrade where he first set eyes on Rose . |