Example sentences of "set [noun sg] to [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Three minutes into the second-half the non-Leaguers ' obligatory fireman , Mottashed , instead of shooting himself in the foot , set fire to himself with a jittery own goal and Loram shortly made it 3-1 , deader than dead . |
2 | A man has set fire to himself outside the Houses of Parliament in protest at the Bosnian situation . |
3 | Mr Jamaitis had set fire to himself in a Moscow square . |
4 | Apparently acting in protest at the economic blockade , a 52-year-old Lithuanian factory worker , Stanislovas Zhamaitis , committed suicide by setting fire to himself outside the Bolshoi Theatre in the centre of Moscow on April 26 . |
5 | A MAN was in hospital yesterday suffering from serious burns after setting fire to himself in a London immigration office , the Home Office said . |
6 | Mr Chittenden set fire to himself outside the United Friendly offices in Clemence House , Werburgh Street , Chester , where his ex-girlfriend works . |