Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] set on " in BNC.

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1 Unidentified groups of rioters attacked and set on fire the city police headquarters , where it was believed that some of those arrested earlier in University Square were being held .
2 Shops that are vandalised or set on fire .
3 In the early hours of the following day , persons widely suspected to be Round Table supporters shot at and then ransacked and set on fire the offices on Rustaveli Prospekt used by the National Democratic Party and the National Independence Party ( both part of the so-called Congress Movement ) .
4 an outline drawn or set on artwork showing the size and position of an illustration or halftone .
5 A TEENAGE girl was fighting for her life last night after being kidnapped , tortured and set on fire .
6 Once power is established and set on course , as it were , then obedience is largely a matter of habit .
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