Example sentences of "set his [noun] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sickening way in which Achilles sets his Myrmidons on the unarmed Hector , and then tells them to ‘ cry you all amain , ‘ Achilles has the might Hector slain ’ ’ shows that the morality of the Greeks is equally detestable . |
| 2 | Setting his sights on the lucrative prizes up for grabs in the Daily Mirror/Manx Airlines sponsored event is classy Kenyan Jimmy Muindi , the current World Junior steeplechase champion . |
| 3 | Flicking the Arawak hanging aside , he set his gaze on the central mirror of the enhancer . |
| 4 | Richard of Gloucester gave another sigh and set his gaze on the narrow road ahead . |
| 5 | Here one sees again one of de Gaulle 's favourite techniques : the establishing of an authoritative text ( like the Bayeux speech or the self-determination speech ) to stake out a position and set his interlocutors on the defensive from the outset . |