Example sentences of "set [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family 's passive resistance continued right up to the last moment : Zen was not permitted to set foot on Miletti soil but had to wait for the Fiat in the street , beyond the imposing wrought-iron gates . |
| 2 | ‘ In other words , ’ said Julius in a tight voice , ‘ although this is my house , you do n't want me to set foot in that room . ’ |
| 3 | This is not so easy of course , because some schools take a negative view of pregnant schoolgirls and school-age mothers , and also girls themselves may be extremely loathe to set foot in any school again . |
| 4 | So , equipped with a newly-restored 1942 300 hp Stearman ( the Cannibal Queen of the title ) former A-6 Intruder pilot Coonts launches off with his teenage son aboard to set wheel in all 48 contiguous states , stopping en route to visit family , ex-wife , old squadron buddies , national monuments , places of pilgrimage ( like Kill Devil Hills , from which the Wrights first flew ) , aviation museums , and pausing awhile en route to give rides in the big yellow biplane to anyone who asks , and to philosophise on racial equality , politics , religion , women the FAA , Disneyworld … |
| 5 | Changes in the longer term included ( i ) the halving of the number of armed forces to about 31,000 over two years ; ( ii ) electoral reform ; ( iii ) land reform ; ( iv ) the creation of a consultative body , comprising representatives of government , employers and workers , to set policy for economic and social development ; and ( v ) the creation of a mechanism to allow the FMLN to contribute to the national reconstruction plan . |
| 6 | So there is the ability to set policy to one side of the circumstances dictate . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it is quite in order to set Genesis beside other accounts from the world of the Old Testament . |
| 8 | The obvious interpretation was that Eric was going to set fire to some dogs , but I was too wise in the ways of the Factory to treat that as definite ; I suspected there was more |
| 9 | And dry it would have been if the heavens had n't opened the moment the ship docked and the troops set foot on French soil . |
| 10 | ‘ If she ever set foot in this house , I 'd walk out of it , ’ Mary continued . |
| 11 | The moment I set foot in this house , my world turned upside down . |
| 12 | Something inside Merrill protested at the lie , but she went on stonily , ‘ I think I had your measure before I ever set foot in these offices . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , a lot of people who have dogs suitable for work with mentally ill people wo n't themselves set foot inside such hospitals . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll never set foot in this bloody flat again . ’ |
| 15 | Youths fired an arrow through the window of one house and set light to another in an attempt to silence them . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | That spark can set light to further proposals , ideas and chances in the manager 's mind . |
| 18 | Set model on solid surface and measure height of each blade In turn without moving model . |
| 19 | The OECD 's bi-annual economic report Outlook , released on Dec. 19 , set growth in industrialized nations in the second half of 1991 at a mere 1 per cent annual rate ; in July the OECD had forecast a 2.4 per cent annual growth for this period . |
| 20 | Budgets should set expenditure for principal areas of expense and may with advantage be so specific as to set amounts for individual chemical products and equipment . |
| 21 | What 's more , this detonation ( which takes place on a remote beach , with only a dog as witness ) does n't set fire to other parts of the novel . |
| 22 | The danger is , once people acquire an appetite for burning buildings down , sooner or later they will set fire to one with someone inside . |
| 23 | Always the message was the same : ‘ Child , I could set fire to green grass , but it would not burn . ’ |
| 24 | If I had my way I 'd set fire to those blasted overalls . ’ |
| 25 | They have become a prime target for teenage joyriders who often set fire to stolen cars when they have finished with them . |
| 26 | ‘ Rory , ’ Kenneth said , sitting forward and lowering his voice to conspiratorial levels , ‘ the last secret I remember you telling me was that it was you who set fire to that barn on the Urvill 's estate . ’ |
| 27 | Where the kids shot the skyrocket through the fan-light and set fire to all the furniture ? |
| 28 | In early April students had rioted in Kinshasa , the capital , showing frustration over lack of political reform , corruption in politics , and low levels of grants ; they set fire to 25 buses and called for Mobutu 's resignation . |
| 29 | Vandals sparked a blaze when they set fire to old tyres at the former Walker Tyres site , in West Auckland , early yesterday . |
| 30 | 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 . |