Example sentences of "[adv] set [noun] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they are in place , you can have the shingle delivered — it can be dumped directly on to a drive site from the road , but you 'll need to barrow it to remote garden paths , so set planks on the lawn if you have to run across it . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | How could she possibly know , since he had not set eyes on the girl ? |
| 4 | The Witch King of Naggaroth once more set foot on the land from where he 'd so long ago been driven . |
| 5 | Neither , it seems , has the population ever set eyes on an American . |
| 6 | Few here had ever set eyes on the man they were mourning , but they saw in his act the ultimate sacrifice for their dream of independence . |
| 7 | It is strange to relate that this short stretch of water should be such a barrier but the hills of Wouldham and village are as foreign to some people of Halling as any parts of the world and in fact there are some who travel all over the country and to some places abroad , but have lived all their lives in the village without ever setting foot on the further banks of the river . |
| 8 | Class of Year Three children The " Keeper " is a guard who has been blinded to stop him ever setting eyes on the magic jewels . |
| 9 | The French , who would n't set foot on a plage without weighing themselves down with their entire jewellery collection , are good at finding tiny little shorts with nifty frou-frou tops . |
| 10 | ‘ Down here we have n't set eyes on a banana for years ! |
| 11 | Most of them would never set eyes on the place and few felt any loyalty towards it . |
| 12 | He 'd wish that he 'd never set eyes on the Ashdown girl . |
| 13 | In fact , my little castaway , she never set foot on the island at all — would n't come near the place . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Never set eyes on the bugger , ’ he said . |
| 15 | And the new stars , often college graduates who have never set foot on a farm in their lives , have played it for all they are worth . |
| 16 | People like Michelle probably never set eyes on a dentist normally . |
| 17 | ‘ I hardly feel that I 'm the person to answer that particular question , ’ offered Mr Palmer , ‘ as I 've never set eyes on the lady before yesterday . ’ |