Example sentences of "[pos pn] sight set [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Traditionally these courses are for the more able , particularly those with their sights set on higher education . |
2 | Women sailors who might not have their sights set on such lofty goals — or , for that matter , those who have — will be interested in a seminar about women 's sailing to be held in February . |
3 | Your uncle must be years and years older than she is , and anyway , I rather gathered she 'd got her sights set on some fellow whose name she would n't tell me . |
4 | Kylie however has her sights set on another star , and another decade , the 1940s . |
5 | Carl Llewellyn , again riding Party Politics , has his sights set on Red Rum 's record of three Grand National victories . |
6 | The only exception to this rule was Uncle Jack , who clearly had his sights set on several more whiskies when Charlotte insisted , at Ursula 's request , on driving him to the station and seeing him aboard the London train . |