Example sentences of "and setting fire [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You did right chopping the Governor down and setting fire to the forum — but do n't tell them I said so . |
| 2 | The villain makes a run for it , knocking over an oil-lamp and setting fire to his evil lair , and the titles drift past a close-up of his silent scream and melting face . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | On the Isle of Man they were known as Hogmen and tended to be far more aggressive , kidnapping women and children and setting fire to barns . |
| 5 | Forward on the MGB 's exposed foredeck , Able Seaman Savage racked the Sperrbrecher with his 2-pounder pom-pom , knocking out this mine destroyer 's 88mm ( 3.5in ) gun and setting fire to its ready-use ammunition lockers on deck . |
| 6 | Richmann and his remaining man ran a few yards after the departing car , blazing away with a frustrated volley which only succeeded in blowing a few holes out of the bodywork and setting fire to the rear-mounted spare wheel . |
| 7 | Emily was imprisoned eight times for stone-throwing , window-breaking , and setting fire to postboxes ; she was forcibly fed over one hundred times , mainly during her last imprisonment . |
| 8 | However , instead of dispersing , the Uzbeks rampaged into the city centre , smashing cars and setting fire to houses , shops and buses along the way . |
| 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 . |
| 10 | THE FATHER of a former Miss Scotland beauty queen was jailed for 18 months yesterday after being convicted of conspiring to defraud an insurance company and setting fire to his partly-completed house in Argyll . |
| 11 | I mean , you imagine somebody breaking in and setting fire to a trailer . |