Example sentences of "[adv] set [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having hardly set foot on American soil , and with out a second thought , he boarded the next liner and sailed back . |
| 2 | The authoritative parent affirms the child 's present qualities , but also sets standards for future conduct . |
| 3 | They have become a prime target for teenage joyriders who often set fire to stolen cars when they have finished with them . |
| 4 | My own view of New Age used to be , and to some extent still is , not dissimilar to that of the performance artist Trevor Stewart , who under the alias of Ted Bunny , ritually sets fire to soft toys as a protest ‘ against everything New Age and holistic ’ . |
| 5 | It was ironic , as it must be presumed that he had never set foot on French soil . |