Example sentences of "set [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 William Lukin set course to the south , arriving in the search area at 0330 to find that the Nimrod had successfully located the casualty and that the Army Air Corps helicopter was attempting to winch the survivors off .
2 He circled once more on the mild wind and finally , without looking back , he set course to the north , to try to find the distant beloved place called Cape Wrath where once , so long ago , he had been born .
3 Plumber Andrew Jones set light to the house after an argument with his girlfriend Christine Smith , the girls ' aunt , a court heard .
4 A year and a day ago he set light to number eight hangar at RAF Hullavington in Wiltshire .
5 In 1326 somebody set fire to the peat moor in the Brue valley , with the idea of burning Glastonbury Abbey .
6 Tommy set fire to some of Donald 's hair by mistake .
7 The destroyer 's forward gun crew and mortarmen were all dead or wounded , her bow a cauldron of smoke and thermite fumes , even though the incendiary bomb was put out before it set fire to Campbeltown 's warhead of depth charges .
8 ‘ I suppose she set fire to your skirt and scorched your knickers ! ’
9 What we drank then tasted like sulphur and ox blood ; it set fire to your tonsils . ’
10 It set fire to the sheets , but luckily he managed to put the flames out with some water . ’
11 The time they set fire to the
12 The first alleges he set fire to clothing valued at £10 in Littlewoods store in Oxford city centre , the second alleges that a few minutes later he set fire to clothing worth about £100 at the Nicklebys store nearby .
13 The first alleges he set fire to clothing valued at £10 in Littlewoods store in Oxford city centre , the second alleges that a few minutes later he set fire to clothing worth about £100 at the Nicklebys store nearby .
14 Today at Oxford Crown Court admitted one charge of arson … after he set fire to his home in desperation …
15 Mr Chittenden set fire to himself outside the United Friendly offices in Clemence House , Werburgh Street , Chester , where his ex-girlfriend works .
16 Later he set fire to her bed and made a bonfire of furniture .
17 Fire engines were called by neighbours to Spencer Beck House , Middlesbrough , which threatened to turn into a towering inferno after Peter Crook and Martin Davies set fire to a ground floor flat .
18 The charge stated that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group , and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the eight-roomed house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh .
19 It is claimed that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh .
20 And erm I do n't know who it was , he set fire to his quilt
21 and describe , well seasoned you know and and then he got his lighter out and he just set fire to her
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