Example sentences of "set the [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll never forget how th'near slaughtered that feller — or the five golden guineas th'won for me off that dozy dago as set the Creole on thee . |
| 2 | Dudek 's ‘ knighting ’ him , and Layton and Scott 's friendship , had set the seal on his gift ; his two prizes ( the Macnaughton and the Peterson ) had confirmed it . |
| 3 | The offer of a free suit to Pevrolensky clinched the deal , and a shared vodka had set the seal on their minor piece of blat . |
| 4 | Peter Moores impresses more with bat and gloves every time I clap eyes on him ; Martin Speight is beginning to weld patience and big numbers to his undoubted ability and bottomless well of self-belief ; and if a fractured ankle has set the seal on Adrian Jones 's dispiriting season there has been consolation in the imposing shape of Ed Giddins . |
| 5 | And now his tlvsn apprnce ( his mind sheered off identifying it more fully even to himself ) had finally set the seal on it all . |
| 6 | He had set the brake on the reel at two hundred kilos , leaving a hundred as insurance against the line parting . |
| 7 | But if Rhodes has n't set the world on fire with his batting , he certainly has with his fielding . |
| 8 | And now we have Sliver which was the subject of much wrangling and has n't exactly set the world on fire . |