Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] set [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alleged killers finally drove to a field near Burton Salmon , North Yorks , where they set fire to their car and escaped on foot . |
| 2 | What would you do if I set fire to the new , to the shirt ? |
| 3 | ‘ If you set fire to Barbs 's back garden , people 're going to notice . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ They 'll notice if you set fire to her house too , ’ said Camille . |
| 5 | Banknote paper was then prepared with a colouring agent made from cobalt , silex , salt and potash : if you set light to a bundle of money , the cinder would take on the extraordinary tint that Musgrave saw on the Caen dockside . |
| 6 | When you set fire to it , it burns and explodes immediately , with a noise louder than thunder . |
| 7 | Vandals sparked a blaze when they set fire to old tyres at the former Walker Tyres site , in West Auckland , early yesterday . |
| 8 | A BOARDING house owner who killed his friend when they set fire to the building for the insurance was jailed for five years yesterday . |
| 9 | Flames flicker as they set light to the rubbish — not to reduce it to ashes but to see what is worth collecting . |