Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The instant she set foot on the land she must set off , all uphill , to the point . |
| 2 | The moment she set foot in the house , Cook called out to her . |
| 3 | ‘ I suppose she set fire to your skirt and scorched your knickers ! ’ |
| 4 | This is Marilyn … and she set sail alongside her more statuesque companions . |
| 5 | Early the following year , the Hopewell was loaded once more with harvests of cotton and indigo as well as its principal cargo , 9,500 pounds of tobacco , and she set sail from the harbour with her sails reefed against the season 's squalls and a small crew on board , under James Lariot as captain . |
| 6 | ‘ Why she seemed to dislike me the moment she set eyes on me . |
| 7 | Eachuin Odhar and his grandson spent much effort on dodging her , for whenever she set eyes on them she tried new tunics on them . |
| 8 | Nutty 's eyes gleamed when she set eyes on the professional Sergeant Potter with four pistols in boxes and a load of shot and a thick wad of targets . |
| 9 | She had known when she set eyes on them that they were nothing to do with the Smoke and nothing to do with the expedition that was preparing . |
| 10 | She seemed to have taken to the Foundling child the moment she set eyes on her , and there was no doubt in Betty 's mind that Corrie was the sole reason for her being offered the work . |
| 11 | She had loved Connor from the day she set eyes on him ; and he loved her too , though as long as she was his brother 's wife , he would never admit it . |
| 12 | As soon as she set eyes on Giles Carnaby again she knew that whatever it was it was not a case of cure ; her heart thumped , she felt unstable . |
| 13 | The minute she set eyes on him , she seemed to take leave of her senses — and he 's been playing up to her the whole time . |
| 14 | She 'd turn and run if she set eyes on me … but I thought … ’ |
| 15 | To her dismay , as she pushed open the door of the treatment-room the first person she set eyes on was David Markham . |
| 16 | And it worked for him and we set type by hand and pulled proofs . |
| 17 | The time they set fire to the |
| 18 | And he , he set kitchen on fire . |
| 19 | One of the craft was in a mighty hurry when he set Judas for Jesus at John vi.67 , as happened in 1609 ; and so was his descendant in 1653 when , at Corinthians vi.9 , he pronounced that ‘ the unrighteous shall inherit the kingdom of God ’ , which must have been a great comfort to a considerable number of citizens under the Commonwealth . |
| 20 | But as soon as he set foot on it , Branson wanted it . |
| 21 | If you had observed my father who arrived in this house a week after you did , you will have seen that his house knowledge is perfect and was so almost from the time he set foot in Darlington Hall . ’ |
| 22 | In his Sunday dress of jeans and a fresh white shirt , he looked as if he 'd get mugged the moment he set foot in a town with more cars than horses . |
| 23 | He 's been gloriously happy from the moment he set foot in Genoa to a generous welcome from his new colleagues . |
| 24 | I vowed there and then to give him his share of the money the day he set foot in England ; I wanted to be rid of all those Trumpers and their distracting problems once and for all . |
| 25 | As he set plates of cold meat , potato , and onion before us , he said , ‘ You do n't know how I am threatened . |
| 26 | He circled once more on the mild wind and finally , without looking back , he set course to the north , to try to find the distant beloved place called Cape Wrath where once , so long ago , he had been born . |
| 27 | He set barns on fire , was up before the magistrates for theft and by the time he was thirteen he was stealing cars . |
| 28 | Once he set eyes on Albert , he knew that the old man was very sick indeed . |
| 29 | He thought he had loved her from the moment he set eyes on her . |
| 30 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |