Example sentences of "we set [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But almost from the day we set foot in our new house our relationship changed .
2 Then , confident that we had n't missed many , we set course for the larger island of Whalsay .
3 As we set course down the first valley low stratus blocked our way , and since squeezing underneath received a thumbs-down from both pilot and passenger , we orbited and asked for an IFR clearance .
4 We set fire to it , ’ said the visitor , anxious to make some kind of philosophical statement .
5 ‘ They were just about the only times we set eyes on them , ’ she went on .
6 The moment we set eyes on each other … six years ago . ’
7 What I suppose I imagined was that it would all be plain sailing from the moment we set eyes on each other . ’
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