Example sentences of "set [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let the Staff College student consider how Harris was able to conjure from his original strength of 374 front line aircraft , and in a few months have some 1,047 aircraft set course for Koln in order to devastate 600 acres of the city ( plus the admirals and generals in Whitehall ) . |
| 2 | Even good-looking baskets set side by side on the floor can hold a good deal of paraphernalia — including bottles or books — with a certain panache . |
| 3 | set compensation at level of other regulatory bodies ; |
| 4 | The hoaxers set fire to paper underneath a smoke alarm at a university three miles away . |
| 5 | Children set fire to rubbish at the Alverton factory in Northallerton . |
| 6 | Panel beater Gordon Reid ( 32 ) , had just set fire to rubbish in the old oil drum while clearing up at his car body repair garage at Fenton Barns . |
| 7 | 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 . |