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

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1 The obvious interpretation was that Eric was going to set fire to some dogs , but I was too wise in the ways of the Factory to treat that as definite ; I suspected there was more
2 That spark can set light to further proposals , ideas and chances in the manager 's mind .
3 What 's more , this detonation ( which takes place on a remote beach , with only a dog as witness ) does n't set fire to other parts of the novel .
4 They have become a prime target for teenage joyriders who often set fire to stolen cars when they have finished with them .
5 In early April students had rioted in Kinshasa , the capital , showing frustration over lack of political reform , corruption in politics , and low levels of grants ; they set fire to 25 buses and called for Mobutu 's resignation .
6 Vandals sparked a blaze when they set fire to old tyres at the former Walker Tyres site , in West Auckland , early yesterday .
7 Riot police using tear gas and water cannons dislodged several dozen self-proclaimed " anarchists " who had set fire to administrative offices at Athens Polytechnic University on the night of Oct. 24-25 .
8 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 ’ .
9 According to some reports , the march was infiltrated by masked youths who stoned ground-floor windows of the Education Ministry and then moved through the city centre towards the Polytechnic , smashing shop windows and setting fire to two cars and a bus .
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