Example sentences of "set [noun sg] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could n't the new incentive of a £5,000 reward act as a trigger for the vital information detectives need to set justice on its way ? |
| 2 | In the course of that interview , he admitted employing men to set fire to his shop . |
| 3 | But if the brooding house really does seem too much of a cliché to you , if it fails to set fire to your imagination , then there is an alternative . |
| 4 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |
| 5 | Flames set light to his jacket and Mr Williams was helped into a nearby toilet where his hands were drenched with water . |
| 6 | Although if I 'm spotted wearing a turquoise shell suit , Ted Bunny is welcome to come and set fire to my teddy bear . |
| 7 | She mutilated herself , damaged her cell , showed violence towards staff and set fire to her bedding . |
| 8 | ‘ They 'll notice if you set fire to her house too , ’ said Camille . |
| 9 | Words can not express the sadness of seeing a teenager who looks barely older than a young child suffering from severe malnutrition , but there are the wonderful moments such as a child who suffered tremendous burns after a candle fell and set fire to her night-dress ; after months of careful dressing and cleaning her wounds have virtually healed — without the clinic the little girl would almost certainly have died . |
| 10 | It was White , said Evans , who kidnapped the couple and set fire to their car . |
| 11 | The alleged killers finally drove to a field near Burton Salmon , North Yorks , where they set fire to their car and escaped on foot . |
| 12 | The lightning blew the roof off and set fire to its timber frame . |
| 13 | They waited until the old man was asleep and set fire to his hut . |
| 14 | Ravana captured Hanuman and set fire to his tail , but the monkey avenged himself by growing to the size of a giant and setting fire to the city . |
| 15 | A JILTED husband who set fire to his wife 's home walked free from Chester Crown Court yesterday . |
| 16 | A PUBLICAN who set fire to his car and tried to claim insurance has been sentenced to 180 hours of community service . |
| 17 | The publicity may not exactly have gone to his head but it certainly set fire to his ambition . |
| 18 | One may remember Ioreth repeating to her cousin in Gondor that Frodo ‘ went with only his esquire into the Black Country and fought with the Dark Lord all by himself , and set fire to his Tower , if you can believe it . |
| 19 | I bought some wiring and bulb fittings when I was about 11 years old — I fitted the electrics as home-made lighting — then gave my father a shock when he touched the aquarium , fused the lights , and set fire to my bedroom . |
| 20 | I had been there once or twice but she had never set foot in my father 's new home . |
| 21 | He had obviously told the servants that he had accidentally set fire to his room by knocking over a lighted candle . |
| 22 | He heard that Daniels had set fire to his car after telling his wife that he was going to ‘ lose ’ it and tell police it had been stolen . |
| 23 | Using this information stored in its electronic brain , the cruise missile descends from the initial timing control point to as little as 15 m above the Earth 's surface ( so avoiding radar interception ) and sets course for its target . |
| 24 | The N-Sure team can achieve wheat yield improvements worth £10/15 per acre to the farmer — without ever setting foot on his farm . |
| 25 | It was n't easy for him , all those women bickering and only a handful of people out of Dynmouth 's thousands ever setting foot in his church , and Mr Peniket sighing over the decline of church life . |
| 26 | ‘ I look forward to setting foot in my uncle 's field . ’ |
| 27 | But your enemies wanted to destroy you , and they suggested setting fire to your house at night . |
| 28 | Daniels pled guilty to setting fire to his car on the Castle Douglas — Auchencairn B736 road on February 1st this year whereby the car was extensively damaged . |
| 29 | He was on remand charged with criminal damage after allegedly setting fire to his girlfriend ; s house . |
| 30 | That means that it 's practically impossible for a landowner to enforce restrictions unless you 're setting fire to his house or driving a JCB over his grouse moor . |