Example sentences of "set [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosslyn Park , for example , are first in line to experience the probable backlash of that defeat when they set foot on the Recreation Ground this afternoon . |
| 2 | In Adonis Attis Osiris , Frazer saw the goddess Mefitis as personifying ‘ mephitic vapours ’ and described her temple ‘ where the exhalations … were of so deadly a character that all who set foot on the spot died ’ . |
| 3 | Being a total landlubber I was filled with trepidation as I set foot on the deck of the Norway Line 's good ship Jupiter . |
| 4 | When the adventurers set foot on the stairs , each is allowed a WP test ( Magic Sense +10 ) to sense that some form of magical trap exists . |
| 5 | The Witch King of Naggaroth once more set foot on the land from where he 'd so long ago been driven . |
| 6 | Those totems were my warning shot ; anybody who set foot on the island after seeing them should know what to expect . |
| 7 | In fact , my little castaway , she never set foot on the island at all — would n't come near the place . ’ |
| 8 | The two men put down their pens and stared at her ; no woman ever set foot within the dockyard gates . |
| 9 | Let me make it quite plain , if Mike Channon ever set foot in the Multivite Vegeburger/Singletons Valve Replacement League Division Three he would not go anywhere but Athletico , even if I had to sell my house and body to keep him here . |
| 10 | But the shows triumph has been its appeal not just to the unaddressed , naff masses , but also to a fashionable audience of discerning clubbers who never set foot in the kind of clubs the programme broadcasts from , and to the extremist yuppie subgroup that reads both the Sunday Times and the Sunday Sport . |
| 11 | Binnerton manor obviously had a large number of freeholders , including some members of the nobility and gentry who probably never set foot in the place let alone attended the manorial court . |
| 12 | Having collected his swimmer in phase one or two , the paddler now set course for the submarine rendezvous , beaming the infra-red light seawards in phase three and then , in phase four shorewards when the submarine might have passed inshore of the canoe . |
| 13 | Then , confident that we had n't missed many , we set course for the larger island of Whalsay . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Flames flicker as they set light to the rubbish — not to reduce it to ashes but to see what is worth collecting . |
| 16 | As the train was pulling into the station at Shkodër some of the rioters set light to the last two carriages ; at least two passengers were burned to death . |
| 17 | Craig Simpson , 21 , set light to the front door of the house in Tower Green , Middlesbrough , and also set a fire in the dustbin at the back door of the house . |
| 18 | Eventually all is set for Culkin , now holed up in his uncle 's deserted townhouse , to wire the rooms , set traps on the stairs , gather inflammable materials and treat Pesci and Stern to a far more violent onslaught than was executed in Home Alone 1 . |
| 19 | ‘ THIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons finally set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains rising in fairyland fantasy before the rising sun . |
| 20 | John Samuel at Park City , Utah , on the opening races of the new season Cannons put smile on Willi 's Face ‘ T HIS is the place , ’ said Brigham Young as his wandering , persecuted tribe of Mormons set eyes on the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch mountains . |
| 21 | ‘ Never set eyes on the bugger , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Whenever the courts set bounds to the damages recoverable — saying that they are , or are not , too remote they do it as a matter of policy so as to limit the liability of the defendant . |
| 23 | In an agricultural society poor soil conditions , often the consequence of centuries of abusive cultivation , together with the amount and nature of the rainfall , set bounds to the possibilities of progress . |
| 24 | The seas in this area have since the mid 1970s supported many commercial fishermen who set nets around the coast to supply the local fish and chip trade . |
| 25 | A combination of sleek styling and set curls by the Jazz Hair Co |
| 26 | Having set up the LIFESPAN Manager 's account and disk quota , set ownership of the Installation Directory to this user as follows : |
| 27 | Broken snatches of conversation wafted around Isabel 's head as she followed de Villiers around the perimeter of the room , interspersed with the thunk of wooden trenchers as the servants set places for the midday meal . |
| 28 | Set targets for the reduction of inequalities in health . |
| 29 | Thus despite the fact that the Thatcher government in the early 1980s was committed to a tight control of money supply and set targets for the broad monetary base M0 , and despite the fact that the authorities have expressed interest in monetary base control , this has not been the form of policy pursued . |
| 30 | The UK government yesterday set mid-July as the date for the sale of its remaining 22% holding in British Telecommunications Plc . |