Example sentences of "[pers pn] set [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Being a total landlubber I was filled with trepidation as I set foot on the deck of the Norway Line 's good ship Jupiter . |
2 | What would you do if I set fire to the new , to the shirt ? |
3 | It is vital that you set limits for the amount of money that you will deposit with each bank . |
4 | Then , confident that we had n't missed many , we set course for the larger island of Whalsay . |
5 | As we set course down the first valley low stratus blocked our way , and since squeezing underneath received a thumbs-down from both pilot and passenger , we orbited and asked for an IFR clearance . |
6 | Rosslyn Park , for example , are first in line to experience the probable backlash of that defeat when they set foot on the Recreation Ground this afternoon . |
7 | They attacked the bridge in the dead of night and when the crew barricaded themselves in , they set fire to the decks . " |
8 | A BOARDING house owner who killed his friend when they set fire to the building for the insurance was jailed for five years yesterday . |
9 | Flames flicker as they set light to the rubbish — not to reduce it to ashes but to see what is worth collecting . |