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 .
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