Example sentences of "set fire to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1326 somebody set fire to the peat moor in the Brue valley , with the idea of burning Glastonbury Abbey . |
| 2 | Tommy set fire to some of Donald 's hair by mistake . |
| 3 | The destroyer 's forward gun crew and mortarmen were all dead or wounded , her bow a cauldron of smoke and thermite fumes , even though the incendiary bomb was put out before it set fire to Campbeltown 's warhead of depth charges . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose she set fire to your skirt and scorched your knickers ! ’ |
| 5 | What we drank then tasted like sulphur and ox blood ; it set fire to your tonsils . ’ |
| 6 | It set fire to the sheets , but luckily he managed to put the flames out with some water . ’ |
| 7 | The time they set fire to the |
| 8 | The first alleges he set fire to clothing valued at £10 in Littlewoods store in Oxford city centre , the second alleges that a few minutes later he set fire to clothing worth about £100 at the Nicklebys store nearby . |
| 9 | The first alleges he set fire to clothing valued at £10 in Littlewoods store in Oxford city centre , the second alleges that a few minutes later he set fire to clothing worth about £100 at the Nicklebys store nearby . |
| 10 | Today at Oxford Crown Court admitted one charge of arson … after he set fire to his home in desperation … |
| 11 | Mr Chittenden set fire to himself outside the United Friendly offices in Clemence House , Werburgh Street , Chester , where his ex-girlfriend works . |
| 12 | Later he set fire to her bed and made a bonfire of furniture . |
| 13 | Fire engines were called by neighbours to Spencer Beck House , Middlesbrough , which threatened to turn into a towering inferno after Peter Crook and Martin Davies set fire to a ground floor flat . |
| 14 | The charge stated that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group , and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the eight-roomed house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
| 15 | It is claimed that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
| 16 | And erm I do n't know who it was , he set fire to his quilt |
| 17 | and describe , well seasoned you know and and then he got his lighter out and he just set fire to her |