Example sentences of "set [noun] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you hinting you have no wish to set eyes on this place again ? ’ |
| 2 | And to set criteria for this strategic site exception policy which we feel should be added to the plan , to set this criteria in such a way that it would so point to the local authorities in the making of their local plans but it was clear that the policy did not provide a speculative opportunity for everybody any landowner throughout the county . |
| 3 | ‘ If she ever set foot in this house , I 'd walk out of it , ’ Mary continued . |
| 4 | The moment I set foot in this house , my world turned upside down . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll never set foot in this bloody flat again . ’ |
| 6 | It was very common that the duty wag at the time would make a little paper boat , and probably get some fat or grease from some convenient part of the ship , He would then set light to this and let it sail down the waterway whilst there was a great row of people sitting attending to their needs of nature . |
| 7 | Latish that night I got a box of matches and my torch and went across the back field and set fire to this Dutch barn . |
| 8 | ‘ I should n't have set foot near this rotten mess , ’ he wrote in the diary . |
| 9 | Badger baiting is illegal ; yet despite tougher laws to protect badger sets scenes like this are not uncommon . |
| 10 | IT IS a year since Sir Ronald Dearing unveiled his committee 's report on the way in which the accounting standards setting system in this country should operate . |