Example sentences of "[noun] and set [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The physiotherapist must be able to assess the patient 's needs , both overall and from session to session , in order to define an effective rehabilitation programme and to set him realistic goals . |
| 2 | On the night of 11 October , a day after Hunt 's publication , Protestants gathered on the Shankill Road to attack the Catholic Unity Flats , threw stones and bottles at the British troops who were thwarting their advance , overturned cars and set them ablaze , and , unprecedentedly , directed gunfire at the RUC . |
| 3 | Forestry workers say joyriders who steal cars and set them alight in isolated woodland risk causing a devastating forest fire . |
| 4 | A 23-year-old woman poured paraffin over her 38-year-old lover and set it alight as he lay bound hand and foot , and blindfolded , ‘ wearing a pair of her open-crotch panties and nylon stockings ’ on a mattress in their living-room . |
| 5 | They tied him into the car and set it alight . |
| 6 | Fiji can learn from the mistakes of so-called developed countries and set its own standards and policies . ’ |
| 7 | Fiji can learn from the mistakes of so-called developed countries and set its own standards and policies . ’ |
| 8 | First , the Act required LEAs to delegate important responsibilities to the governing bodies of all but the smallest schools and colleges , in particular the responsibility for managing a school 's budget and setting its own spending priorities , and for appointing ( and dismissing ) members of staff . |
| 9 | Eye-witnesses said that a man dressed like a beggar boarded a Greek tourist bus in central Istanbul on April 9 , poured an inflammable liquid over the upper deck and set it alight . |
| 10 | Police said ten armed men broke into a warehouse late on Tuesday night in the south of Medellin , Escobar 's home town , poured petrol over six Rolls-Royces , a Mercedes , a Porsche and 20 motorcycles and set them ablaze . |
| 11 | Thousands of people stormed the local PLA headquarters and set it alight , and the windows of the city council building and city library were broken . |
| 12 | Following the instructions , I filled my saucepans and kettle with water and set them all to boil . |
| 13 | In a particularly devastating tantrum , it was Enlil who was responsible for engendering the Great Flood , having first saved the moon and set her adrift in a boat . |
| 14 | The wide range of existing tranquillizers had no common chemical features by which they could be identified , so this approach had some merit , particularly in inspiring chemists and setting them free to pursue interesting chemical problems with no biological constraints . |
| 15 | IN A WOOD in South Ockendon , Essex , on the very outskirts of London , two brothers spend their days cutting dead timber , loading it into a steel kiln and setting it alight . |
| 16 | And Ruth felt she had n't understood till now what it meant , to be Jake 's daughter ; she 'd never guessed that one day he would turn to her like this , calling her to understand all the past and set her own strength beside his . |
| 17 | He could not face that prospect and took his own life by covering himself in petrol and setting himself alight . |
| 18 | Fire horror : A woman has died from burns after apparently dousing herself with petrol and setting it alight at an address in Bell Street , Hindley , near Wigan . |
| 19 | He suffered burns to his upper body after dousing himself in flammable liquid and setting himself alight outside the offices of former girlfriend Sandra Sturgiss . |
| 20 | Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight . |
| 21 | Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight . |
| 22 | As they were doing so , Mr Chittenden had already doused himself in a flammable liquid and set himself alight . |
| 23 | He would have checked your equipment in advance , brought extension lead and table , checked the video on that particular TV and set it all up while you were shaking hands and making conversation rather than getting flustered . |
| 24 | King Edward VII opened a new highway in London , aptly named Kingsway , and the marine engineers , Thornycrofts , decided to remove from their Church Wharf , Chiswick premises and set their expanding business in Woolston at Southampton . |
| 25 | ‘ I hear they 've poured oil on the sea and set it alight ’ said a shore boy . |
| 26 | The folk of these towns and villages took their convicted witches , stood them in pitch-filled barrels and set them afire : in Forres stands a witches ' stone , site of such burnings — in thunder , lightning , or in rain ? |